Posted on 04/07/2025 6:39:20 PM PDT by truthkeeper
A judge has sided with Huntington Beach, for a second time, in a legal challenge to the city’s new voter ID law.
Huntington Beach Mayor Pat Burns issued a statement calling the ruling “a huge victory not only for our City but charter cities throughout the State … We will not back down in our efforts to secure local control over our local issues and will continue to fight for the City.”
The backstory: Huntington Beach voters approved a measure last year allowing the city to require people to show ID when casting a ballot. State officials say that contradicts California law, which asks voters to provide ID when they register to vote, but generally not at polling places. The state and a Huntington Beach resident subsequently sued the city.
What did the judge rule? Orange County Superior Court Judge Nico Dourbetas ruled that, as a charter city, Huntington Beach is allowed to set its own rules for municipal elections. He also cited a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, which concluded that requiring voter ID does not violate the constitutional right to vote.
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This is obviously racist. Or homophobic. Or something.
It is Constitutional.
But what about people that are too dumb to obtain an ID like the Democrats are claiming?
The Court got it wrong,” Weber said. “Stuffing ballot boxes is a key component of our democracy.”
Bonta added that “we look forward to moving on and appealing the decision hurr durr hurrdurr
Huntington Beach voters approved a measure last year allowing the city to require people to show ID when casting a ballot.
At Huntington and Malibu, they’re shooting the pier. ·
At Rincon, they’re walking the nose.
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