Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and his Democratic colleagues in the California legislature are apparently determined to manipulate voters using every available tool so they can ensure that the state’s pro-criminal policies remain intact.

Two weeks ago, California Democrats were trying to bribe retailers into pulling their support for the repeal of the state’s pro-criminal Proposition 47. Last week, word leaked that Newsom was open to reforms to Proposition 47 — but only at the end of his final term in office and definitely not this year as it would supposedly politically harm Democrats in congressional races. Now, according to local Sacramento outlet KCRA 3, Democrats are planning to put a crime-related proposition on the ballot alongside the Proposition 47 repeal measure.