STEVE HILTON CALLS FOR CANCELLATION OF PROP 50 SPECIAL ELECTION OVER BALLOT IRREGULARITIES

SACRAMENTO, CA – California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton today called for the immediate suspension of the November 4 Proposition 50 special election after reports surfaced that voters’ marked choices are visible through official return envelopes in multiple counties, a shocking breach of ballot secrecy, potentially affecting millions of Californians, that Hilton called “another example of the corruption and incompetence rigging California’s elections.”

“This is not a small mistake. It is an election integrity crisis,” Hilton said. “When anyone can literally see through the envelope and tell how someone voted, that is not democracy. That is rigging the system in plain sight.”

According to multiple reports, the mail-in ballot design allows votes on Prop 50 (a measure that would gerrymander congressional maps to disenfranchise millions of voters in order to boost Gavin Newsom’s presidential campaign) to be seen through one of the holes in the envelope. Officials admitted the issue is real and told voters to fold their ballots differently to hide their choices.

Hilton called that response “insulting and unacceptable.”

“Voters should not have to perform origami to protect their right to a secret ballot,” Hilton said. “This is a multi-million-dollar state-run election, and they could not even design an envelope that keeps your vote private. If they cannot run a fair, secure election on one simple question, how can Californians trust anything coming out of Sacramento?”

Hilton said the Prop 50 special election must be suspended immediately and restarted only after a full, transparent review of ballot printing, vendor oversight, and security procedures in every county. He also called on Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley Weber to open an investigation into how ballots were approved and mailed despite clear visibility issues.

“This goes to the heart of faith in our elections,” Hilton said. “Californians deserve elections that are fair, secret, and secure, not run-through operations where your vote can literally be seen by anyone handling the mail.”