HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Friday rejected California’s lawsuit against the city of Huntington Beach over a local measure allowing officials to require voter identification at the polls.
FILE - A voter casts her ballet at a vote center, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, in Huntington Beach, Calif. Orange County Superior Court Judge Nico Dourbetas ruled that existing state law does not block the local measure, which was approved by voters earlier this year. The ruling could clear the way for the majority-Republican city to implement one of California ’s only voter ID requirements at the polls in local elections.
State Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office said in a statement to The Associated Press that the Friday decision “does not address the merits of the case.” Residents in the seaside city of Huntington Beach voted in March for a ballot measure that lets local officials require voter identification at the polls starting in 2026. It also allows the city to increase in-person voting sites and monitor ballot drop boxes in local elections.
It remained unclear how the local measure would be implemented. In California, voters can cast ballots in person and also by returning ballots to drop boxes or by mail. Orange County Registrar Bob Page, who declined to comment on the lawsuit, previously said the city could conduct its own local elections or consolidate its elections with statewide general elections and receive services from the county registrar.
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