Californians’ voting rights just got a booster shot.

Gov. Gavin Newsom late last week signed three bills from Democratic Southern California state senators intended to shield state elections from interference.

The bills are not-so-subtle jabs at President Donald Trump.

The president’s foes fear Trump, who has made repeated false claims about voter fraud, will try to disrupt the Nov. 3 midterm elections, which are expected to go badly for Trump’s fellow Republicans and possibly hand Democrats control of Congress.

“Voters want their voices heard, they want their votes to count, and they want free and fair elections,” Sen. Sabrina Cervantes, D-Riverside, who sponsored SB 1164 and SB 1360 — also known as the California Voting Rights Act of 2026 – said in a news release.

“The California Voting Rights Act of 2026 is part of the solution to protect the sacred right to vote while addressing the continued actions to dismantle our democracy by the federal administration,” she added.

Also over the weekend, Newsom signed legislation from Sen. Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana, that aims to deter voter intimidation by barring law enforcement officials from making arrests in and around polling places on Election Day.

The law, dubbed the Protect Our Polls Act, is intended to limit actions by federal agents, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, near polling places on Election Day, according to Umberg’s office.

“Today, we are sending a clear message to President Trump: Hands off our elections,” Umberg said in a news release. “California will protect its voters and exercise its constitutional authority to run safe and secure elections.”

The White House didn’t respond to requests for comment by deadline.

Umberg’s bill allows county election officials to keep polls open longer if a prohibited immigration enforcement operation disrupts voting at the polling place. County election officials are also able to extend the area around polling places where electioneering activities are prohibited, from 100 feet up to 200 feet.

Those prohibited activities include asking voters to cast ballots for or against any candidate or ballot measure; displaying a candidate’s name, image or logo, or wearing any clothing that includes such information; blocking access to drop boxes or loitering around them; circulating petitions, initiatives, or nomination papers; and displaying information or speaking to voters about a voter’s eligibility to vote, according to the secretary of state’s office.

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