California Attorney General Sabotages Voter ID Proposal

California Democrats have proven that they will stop at nothing to block attempts at passing a voter ID law in their one-party state. In 2024, voters in the City of Huntington Beach approved a measure that would require residents to show ID to vote in local elections starting in 2026. The state legislature then promptly passed — and Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law — a bill that barred local governments from instituting such measures.

Now, California’s Democratic attorney general, Rob Bonta — who is responsible for writing a title and a summary for every proposed voter initiative that will appear on the ballot in November — is practicing his own version of monkey-wrench politics. After more than 1.3 million Californians signed petitions to put a voter ID measure on the ballot, Bonta has changed the language in the state’s voter guide in a way that dramatically differs from the petitions that people had signed.

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California Democrats have proven that they will stop at nothing to block attempts at passing a voter ID law in their one-party state. In 2024, voters in the City of Huntington Beach approved a measure that would require residents to show ID to vote in local elections starting in 2026. The state legislature then promptly passed — and Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law — a bill that barred local governments from instituting such measures.

Now, California’s Democratic attorney general, Rob Bonta — who is responsible for writing a title and a summary for every proposed voter initiative that will appear on the ballot in November — is practicing his own version of monkey-wrench politics. After more than 1.3 million Californians signed petitions to put a voter ID measure on the ballot, Bonta has changed the language in the state’s voter guide in a way that dramatically differs from the petitions that people had signed.