It Sure Looks Like California Democrats Are Trying to Rig the Upcoming Voter ID Initiative Vote

Townhall ^ | 07/22/2026 | Amy Curtis

[DFG]

In California, voters will soon be able to cast a ballot about Proposition 39, the Voter Identification, Citizenship Verification, and Registered Voter List Administration Initiative, which would create a constitutional amendment requiring Californians to show an ID when they vote and that state officials clean up voter rolls and verify citizenship.

Now, it seems California Attorney General Rob Bonta has changed the language of Prop 39 in an effort to rig the election.

The press release reads:

"CA State Assemblymember Carl DeMaio is blasting Attorney General Rob Bonta for a "blatant attempt to rig the November election" after he changed the ballot title on the Prop 39 Voter ID Initiative at the last minute to one that discourages voters from approving the bipartisan measure.

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ORIGINAL PROP 39 TITLE (September 19, 2025): ESTABLISHES ADDITIONAL VOTER IDENTIFICATION AND CITIZENSHIP VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. This measure would amend the California Constitution to further require that voters present government-issued identification at the polls or the last four digits of a government-issued identification number when voting by mail; the State provide voter identification cards on request; and elections officials annually report percentage of each county's voters whose citizenship they have verified.

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REVISED PROP 39 TITLE (July 21, 2026): PROHIBITS CITIZENS FROM VOTING UNLESS THEY PRESENT GOVERNMENT-ISSUED IDENTIFICATION. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Invalidates mail ballots that do not have last four digits of designated government-issued identification number written on envelope. Prohibits in-person voting without presenting government-issued identification.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: bonta; california; prop39; voterid

[DFG]

[albie]

“Looks like”?!

[Bubba_Leroy]

In other breaking news, it sure looks like water is wet, fire is hot, and a bear craps in the woods.

[bobbo666]

CaCaLand already has a law in place forbidding any polling place from even looking at an ID, much less accept. All Sacramento has to do is wait this out.

[ConservaTexan]

1.3+ million people signed a petition with certain language. That he is allowed to change it is ridiculous.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Virginia Dems used biased ballot verbiage, among other tactics, to re-district the state in an election. They won the election but a Virginia court ruled against it.

[Regulator]

The little banty Pilipino proves he doesn’t belong in government of a civilized country.

Along with his sister who tried to criminalize the investigation of crime.

[Regulator]

My mistake: Mia Bonta is Rob’s WIFE. Not sister.

So it’s worse.

[neverevergiveup]

California Democrats?? More like the CCCF (Collective of California Communists and Fraudsters).

[Vaduz]

Rig the election.

Must be in the democrat Manual in super extra fine print????.

[Lockbox]

Since the name technically changed, does this legally void the vote? It was put on the ballot under one name and “voted” on by another. Bet this legally matters, but not a lawyer….

[not in the club]

We should not allow direct democracy with a universal franchise to exist within a “republican form of government”, but here we are.
Maybe his hope is to spoil the initiative to the point that it is rendered moot by the courts regardless of the vote

[vpintheak]

I would expect nothing less from a bunch of subversive communists.

[Theodore R.]

And the people of CA must be all ghosts.