Remember those signature gatherers a couple of months ago outside of grocery stores. They were gathering signatures for a CA Voter ID measure to be placed on the November ballot. Whatever ‘facts’ they were telling people, it worked. They have gathered, per them, 1.3M signatures, more than enough to have this measure appear on the ballot. They state that 47% of those who signed were Democrats or Independents.
WE BETTER START GETTING THE WORD OUT THAT THIS MEASURE WOULD RESTRICT BALLOT ACCESS FOR MILLIONS OF VOTERS
See what the League of Women Voters, a no-partisan organization is saying:
“Voting Rights Groups Launch Campaign to Defeat Voter ID Ballot Initiative that Would Restrict Access to the Ballot for Millions of Californians
By League of Women Voters of California
“A growing coalition of civil rights and community organizations today announced their opposition to a proposed voter ID initiative that would impose sweeping new restrictions on how every Californian casts their ballot and harm communities that already face obstacles to voting.
““This voter ID measure is not about protecting voters; it is about importing the current federal administration’s election lies and intimidation tactics into California,” said Jenny Farrell, Executive Director of the League of Women Voters of California. “It would expose voters’ sensitive personal information, create new ways to reject eligible ballots, and wrongly target voters through error-prone citizenship checks.”
“California’s elections are already secure. Elections officials verify voter identity at every stage of the process — at registration, at check-in, and during ballot processing. Voters’ signatures are verified on every mail ballot.
“This initiative isn’t about election security, it’s about erecting barriers that will keep eligible Californians from exercising their fundamental right to vote as citizens,” said Abdi Soltani, executive director of the ACLU of Northern California.
“Yet echoing election lies by the Trump administration, proponents are submitting signatures on Monday to put a constitutional amendment to require voter ID on the November 2026 ballot. There is absolutely no evidence of widespread voter impersonation or non-citizen voting to justify requiring additional ID.”
Read the full article: Voting Rights Groups Launch Campaign to Defeat Voter ID Ballot Initiative that Would Restrict Access to the Ballot for Millions of Californians