California Republicans criticized SB 149 as another attack by Democrats to the election of Trump. The bill also showed that Democrats have not accepted the defeat of Hillary Clinton.
Republican State Senator Joel Anderson previously commented, “I get it the some people hate Trump. We’ve got to move ahead. We’ve got to move over it.”
Some legal scholars believed that that SB 149 would pass muster in the U.S. Constitution since it is the first of its kind in the country. They concluded that it will probably face challenges in court if signed into law.
California should not be an afterthought
On the other hand, SB 568 seeks to move the state’s presidential primary from June to March. The effort will make California more relevant. Candidates will likely spend more time campaigning in the populous state with diverse voters.
State Senator Ricardo Lara, the author of the bill said, “A state as populous and diverse as California should not be an afterthought. Moving up the California primary makes sense.”
