California Secretary of State Shirley Weber outlined the state's preparations for next week's unusual statewide special election on Tuesday, addressing security measures, voter access and an escalating dispute over federal election monitoring as voters prepare to decide whether to temporarily hand congressional redistricting back to the Legislature.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said Monday that the state will monitor the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) election observers ahead of next week’s general election.  During a virtual news

Conservative voters in Northern California are alarmed that a ballot measure designed to diminish Republican representation could pass in November

State Attorney General Rob Bonta said California will deploy its own election observers after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the DOJ would monitor polls in five counties.

The short answer is no, according to the California secretary of state’s office. “The only possible impact would be if United States Postal Service operations were interrupted and the USPS has noted that their operations won’t be interrupted,” a spokesperson for the secretary of state said in an email.

The department will monitor elections at five sites in California and one in New Jersey ahead of elections in both states on Nov. 4, the agency announced Friday.

Gavin Newsom faces backlash after criticizing DOJ's plan to send federal election monitors to California, with officials noting the practice is standard.

Democrats clash with Trump's DOJ over federal election observers in California and New Jersey, calling deployment an 'intimidation tactic.'