Hakeem Jeffries meeting with Jared Kushner sparks backlash amongst Democrats ahead of midterm elections – US politics live

California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, said on Monday that his state would sue the Trump administration again to block federal changes to mail voting, after the US supreme court ruled that a previous suit was filed too early in the process by his state and 22 others.

“California will be suing AGAIN to block these Orwellian rules from being implemented,” Newsom posted .

Newsom also highlighted two new proposed state laws that would make it a crime to interfere with the delivery of mail ballots.

In a press release, Newsom added that he and the California legislature “are doubling down to ensure California continues to defend democracy as new threats from Donald Trump and his election-rigging allies emerge”.

Two draft laws would establish three new felonies under California state law, punishable by up to four years in prison.

One of the laws would prohibit anyone “from seizing or causing the seizure of ballots, election records, or certified voting technology before election results are certified”, and blocks “any person with authority from directing someone in their supervision to do the same”.

The second law makes it a felony “for a person in a position with authority” to direct another person “to interfere with a ballot’s delivery to a voter or return to the local elections official”. That same legislation would make it a misdemeanor to interfere with “the delivery of a vote by mail ballot to a voter”.