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SLO County sheriff, district attorney say no to partisan redistricting

October 10, 2025

Sheriff Ian Parkinson

By KAREN VELIE

Both San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson and District Attorney Dan Dow have signed letters opposing politically motivated partisan redistricting –Proposition 50.

Parkinson is one of 37 California county sheriffs who signed a letter opposing Prop. 50. The sheriffs oppose the remaking of congressional maps in an attempt to advantage California Democrats in the 2026 congressional elections because it undermines the will of voters, erodes public trust and disenfranchises voters.

“As elected county sheriffs, we know that our system of government depends upon public trust,” according to the letter. “That trust is built through transparency, fairness, and adherence to the rule of law. Conversely, trust is undermined when public officials take actions designed to enhance their own power at the expense of the people’s will.”

District Attorney Dan Dow

Dow is one of 30 California district attorneys who also signed a letter asking resident to vote no on Prop. 50 because it prioritizes partisanship over “voter-approved reforms that improve community representation.”

“As elected district attorneys, we are committed to upholding public trust through transparency, fairness and the rule of law,” according to the letter from prosecutors. “We strongly oppose Prop. 50, which seeks to dismantle the voter-approved California Citizens Redistricting Commission and reinstate partisan gerrymandering — a flawed process rejected by Californians through Proposition 11 (2008) and Proposition 20 (2010).

Proponents of Prop. 50 argue that the partisan redistricting effort is a needed response to Republican promoted gerrymandering in Texas and other conservative states. They accuse President Donald Trump of promoting mid-term redistricting so that Republicans can continue to control the House.

On the other side, opponents of Prop. 50 say that two wrongs do not make a right.

 


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Shocking that two Republicans are against a plan to battle Republican cheating.


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No gerrymandering going on with the district maps in Illinois?, yeah right.


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So the solution to cheating is more cheating?


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What Texas does is no reason for California to cheat its’ people out of representation. Two wrongs don’t make it right.


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Just sit back and get screwed over. Good plan!


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In Trump’s play book it does.


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This should be good news for everyone.


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So why do we have to surrender the ballot sent to us if we choose to vote in person?, it seems very costly and wasteful. Why can’t we simply use the same ballot sent to us at the polling place?


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You can. But you have to fill it out and put it into the envelope.


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The ballot you got in the mail is a different size than the ones you get at the polling place. You surrender the mail in ballot to get the other ballot or you can just carry in the mail in ballot and hand it to the clerk in the envelope. If you don’t have the envelope, they will give you an envelope. The mail in ballot goes in a sealed drop box. The regular ballots go in another sealed box (or in a machine if you are in a county that uses machines. SLO county does not use machines.


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Then why not use the same size ballots and save money?


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They aren’t the same size.


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I know “saving money” is a foreign word to many government officials.


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To be clear, these people oppose redistricting in California but clearly support redistricting in red states.


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The hypocrisy is the point. It’s the MAGA Republicans best weapon.


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Let me guess, YOU ignorantly think TEXAS has anything to do with this blatant attempt by the California Commiecrats to uptrend an airway settled issue by California voters in 2008 under Prop 11?


/rhetorical ?


Californians must VOTE NO ON PROP 50!


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“The mail-in ballots have a serious flaw: for those who vote NO, when the ballot is reinserted back in the mail-in envelope as instructed, the voter’s “NO” fill-in bubble shows through a hole in the signature block…The circle to indicate a vote of “NO” lines up with the hole to the outside of the envelope, so anyone can see you voted NO without opening the envelope. Suspicious?..This should invalidate the entire election.”

https://californiaglobe.com/fr/prop-50-cheating-california-redistricting-special-election-ballots-expose-the-no-votes/


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With SLO County Clerk-Recorder Cano are you really surprised by this?


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You are agreeing with a comment that is completely untrue. Did you even look at your ballot for the “hole’? There is no hole!


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Do your best not to be outsmarted by a piece of paper.


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There is no hole in the envelope on the signature block. Why would you say something like this?


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I am in Ventura County. I just filled in my ballot and stuffed it into the envelope. The hole did not line up with the bubble, either Yes or No. I tried it every which way. BTW I voted NO. I think the envelopes must vary in design by county.


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I’m a no vote, as is my family. I’m looking at the return envelope right now. No holes in it. No holes in the signature block. Held it up to the light. No holes. Not in the envelope, nor in the ballot itself. Perhaps this happened elsewhere, according to the story, which I read, but not here. Let’s keep ourselves grounded in what’s actually happening and compartmentalize emotions. Peace.


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Mr. Dow and Mr. Parkinson are entitled to their opinion but that’s about it. Was there any doubt how these two diehard Republicans were going to vote? Must be a slow newsday at CCN.


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So you have no argument for the proposition, other than Dow and Parkinson are “die hard Republicans”?


Refute their opinion with fact or reality. Democrats can’t, really, but go ahead and try.


Democrats keep screaming “FASCISM!!” But are happy and content that Newsom is actually doing the most Fascist thing of all, and that is growing his own one sided version of government. I’ll let you guess how Mussolini did it….


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Excellent.


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“They accuse President Donald Trump of promoting mid-term redistricting so that Republicans can continue to control the House.“


Accuse? It’s the whole reason Trump told them to do it. Rigging elections is what he does.

And really who cares what Dow and Parkinson think? If they truly had thoughts on election rigging they would come out about what Texas did.


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Trump has no power to demand a state redraw district lines. Texas democrats, however, redrew lines specifically to take advantage of the illegal alien population during Obama and Biden. Welp, that’s contradicted the Texas Constitution, and the state legislature was forced to return those lines to the earlier districts, in accordance with the law.


See, if you bothered to research all of this yourself, you wouldn’t have to rely on the lies and deceit you get from hearsay nabobs who natter on about things they don’t know, and expect you to believe them, and you did, just because they tossed Trumps name in there, and he’s a Nazi Fascist racist womanizer….


…or something.


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See if you are a maga minion you regurgitate what Fox and other state media tell you.Everyone knows he told Abbott to do it.

Trump told them to redistrict mid cycle. Simple as that.

https://www.axios.com/2025/08/05/trump-texas-five-seats-entitled


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See, if Texas democrats hadn’t thrown a tantrum and run away from home to other states to hide and pout, the Texas legislature would have been full of democrats to vote down the redistricting bill….but they weren’t there, and the Republicans were there (because they are adults with adult jobs to do), and they easily pushed through the legal procedure to redistrict, fully adhering to current law and the Texas state Constitution.


You can post left-leaning sites like Axios all you want, it doesn’t change reality.


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You guys are delusional.

Here is news from Fox state media. Left leaning? Or is there another excuse?

https://www.fox10tv.com/2025/07/16/trump-tells-texas-republicans-redraw-state-congressional-map-help-keep-house-majority/


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This is blatantly false. Biden doj took Texas to court and won, trump is merely telling Texas to follow the law and do what Biden had demanded


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They did take them to court. However it was because of what Texas was doing to limit voting in minority populations.

Overall, gerrymandering by any group should be illegal.


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Too many still holding to that woefully ill informed angle that your DemoNcrat masters put in your head? Almost verbatim. Good sheep.


Go figure!


Californians must VOTE NO ON PROP 50!


This has ZERO to do with what Texas did under a joKe BidumB era decision (2021). ZERO.


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If only everyone was a smart as you… people laugh at you when you post.


This came to mind while reading your posts.


“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” – Jan Brady


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People laugh at me?


When it’s a low-info (IQ) DemoNcrat, I know I’m over the target.


Facts OVER feelings


Every.single.time.


P.s.


Libocrats on this board still can’t prove my FACTS correct on TEXAS vs Commiecrat led Cali area attempting their redistricting efforts.


Go figure (again)!


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THIS SITE NEEDS AN EDIT BUTTON:


P.s.


Libocrats on this board still can’t prove my FACTS INcorrect on TEXAS vs Commiecrat led Cali area attempting their redistricting efforts.


Go figure (again)!


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You can not prove one thing that Abbott didn’t redistrict at trumps request to gain seats. Not one shred of credible evidence. Sad


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You post like a 6 year old with absolutely no facts. Repeating the same juvenile name calling that people laugh at.

Disregard you support a pathological liar who continues his quest to be the worst president the USA has ever had. Lies , deception and false flags is what maga is fed and you all buy into every time. You are part of a cult.


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Wow Flipside; resorting to personal attacks is a clear sign that you’re losing the argument.


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Give them enough rope.


Every.single.time.


I post nothing but verifiable FACTS.


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Trump “told them too” because Biden admin had sued to force a redistricting in Texas because of majority minority districts. A lie through omission is still a lie


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