Californians like voting by mail, and now they’ll be able to do it for the foreseeable future because Governor Newsom signed a bill into law Monday, making voting by mail permanent in all elections.

This means every eligible voter will get a ballot, without requesting one, even after the pandemic comes to an end 

Democrats see this as a way to make voting easier; Republicans cry foul, saying it raises the risk of vote fraud. Of course voting by mail has been in place for decades in California, but it used to be just absentee balloting for those who couldn’t vote in person on election day. Then, it expanded to allow anyone to request a permanent mail ballot and finally, because of COVID19, every voter was mailed a ballot, which will be the norm for every election. The governor signed the AB37 by Bay Area Assemblyman Marc Berman, to provide for permanent balloting by mail.