A Huntington Beach charter amendment requiring voter ID in municipal elections is sparking a legal battle and wider debate over voter identification in California.
California has become the latest battleground over voter identification requirements, a longtime conservative priority newly propelled in recent years. An Irvine Democrat just elected to Congress, took up the ban this year as a state senator after Huntington Beach voters in March adopted a charter amendment allowing the city to require ID in its municipal elections.
That measure — which takes effect in 2026, and also grants the city authority to add more in-person voting locations and monitor ballot drop-boxes — was part of a broader push by local leaders to make Huntington Beach a bulwark of resistance against California’s liberal governance. Supporters believe that mandatory voter identification, a popular policy in Republican states, can address growing public concerns about election integrity following Trump’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. But other than when new voters register, Democrats in California have resisted ID requirements, which they argue disenfranchise young, low-income, disabled and nonwhite voters without providing any real benefit because there is not widespread election fraud. State officials contend that requiring voter ID is already illegal in California because of a provision in the election code that prohibits “mass, indiscriminate, and groundless challenging of voters solely for the purpose of preventing voters from voting.” Lawmakers passed the ban this summer anyway — which Min said would clarify any potential ambiguities around elections where only local issues are on the ballot — part of a string of bills to crack down on local conservative rebellions. The issue is already in cour
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