Posted on 04/30/2026 5:52:27 PM PDT by Red Badger
A Republican-backed initiative has cleared the signature threshold for the November election. Critics say the measure could make it harder for people to vote.
A Republican-backed proposal in California to create new voter identification requirements and citizenship audits is set to appear on the ballot in November, part of a nationwide G.O.P. push to tighten voting laws.
The proposal would require voters to bring identification to the polls and provide an ID number when voting by mail. It would also require local officials to regularly check voter rolls to help ensure that only U.S. citizens are registered.
The effort in a heavily Democratic state comes as President Trump and other Republicans at the state and federal levels are trying to create stricter voting regulations through a range of new initiatives, even as documented cases of voter fraud, including voting by noncitizens, are exceedingly rare.
The California secretary of state, Shirley N. Weber, said Friday that a petition to put the measure on the ballot in her state had cleared the threshold, about 875,000 signatures, required for such initiatives to go before voters.
Assemblyman Carl DeMaio, a San Diego Republican who has led the push, said Saturday that the new requirements would help secure the election system and give people “a sense of confidence and trust that only people who are eligible are voting in our elections.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Ineligible people...............
Doesn’t really matter. Like Prop 187, some liberal group will find an activist judge to stop implementation, and Bonta will never appeal. Isn’t it cool how the initiative process works?
This measure would be unnecessary if the Save America Act was passed. Unfortunately, Rino majority “leader”, John Thune-—aka “Tom Daschle, Jr.” , is not up to the task.
Of course the New York Times would say that is "exceedingly rare." Isn't that editorializing in a news article?
Of course everything is “exceedingly rare” if you never look for it.............
…to be voted on by people without showing an ID.
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