California will now send ballots to all registered voters for every election

A California mail-in ballot.
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A practice started because of the coronavirus pandemic is now permanent in California.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday signed into law a bill requiring county elections officials to automatically send all active registered voters ballots for all elections. This measure also gives voters more time to get their mail-in ballots to elections offices, extending the deadline from three days to seven days after an election. Those who prefer to vote in-person will still have the option to do so.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.