CA-Assembly passes bill banning any local gov. from requiring voter ID

[Anti Federalist]

California Assembly Passes Bill Banning Local Voter ID Requirements

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...-local-levels/

ELIZABETH WEIBEL 30 Aug 2024

The California Assembly passed a bill that would ban voter identification requirements from being enacted at local government levels.

Senate Bill 1174, which passed in a 57-16 vote, would “prohibit a local government from enacting or enforcing any charter provision, ordinance, or regulation requiring a person to present identification for the purpose of voting or submitting a ballot at any polling place, voter center, or other location where ballots are cast or submitted, as specified.”

The bill was introduced by California State Sen. David Min (D) and co-sponsored by California state Sen. Josh Newman (D).

“We cannot have 100 different charter cities making up 100 different sets of voting rules, based on fringe conspiracy theories,” Min said in a statement, according to the Daily Pilot. “I have repeatedly told the Huntington Beach City Council members pushing this issue that if they were to produce any evidence of widespread voter fraud, I would lead efforts to change California’s voter eligibility rules. They have not produced any such evidence.”

California Assemblyman Bill Essayli (R) reportedly attempted to include an amendment into the legislation that would have prevented illegal migrants from being able to vote in elections, according to the Center Square.

The bill’s passage comes after voters in Huntington Beach voted 53.4 percent in support of a ballot initiative that would require residents to show identification in order to vote in elections starting in 2026, according to Democracy Docket.

In April, California filed a lawsuit against Huntington Beach, and California Attorney General Rob Bonta noted that requiring people to show identification in order to vote was “blatantly and flatly illegal,” according to the Los Angeles Times.

“They have greatly overstated the authority they think they have,” Bonta said in a statement at the time. “They have willfully violated the law, they have brazenly violated the law…. They know exactly what they are doing, and they are doing it anyway.”

[jkr]

can we drop the pretense and just lower the flag in commiefornia?

[unknown]

When you show up to vote, do they ask for your name and cross it off their registered voter list or do they simply send you into a booth?

[Brian4Liberty]

When you show up to vote, do they ask for your name and cross it off their registered voter list or do they simply send you into a booth?

They check it off their list. But if you are not on the list, don't fear, you can still vote as a "provisional" voter.

[DamianTV]

Fine. I want to be able to vote in California 100,000,000 times PER REPUBLICAN, even though I dont even live in the state.

Can we just kick the entire $#@!ing state out of the union?

[Anti Globalist]

California is a lost cause. No use in trying to fix that state. How anybody with half a brain that continues to live there is beyond me.

[DamianTV]

What is worrisome is that very soon we may ALL well be KKKalifornia.

[jkr]

When you show up to vote, do they ask for your name and cross it off their registered voter list or do they simply send you to the back of the line?

fify

[Occam's Banana]

“We cannot have 100 different charter cities making up 100 different sets of voting rules, based on fringe conspiracy theories,” Min said [...]

Why not?

“I have repeatedly told the Huntington Beach City Council members pushing this issue that if they were to produce any evidence of widespread voter fraud, I would lead efforts to change California’s voter eligibility rules. They have not produced any such evidence.”

IOW: "Maybe I'll do something about a thing I already don't believe and just made easier to do (while also making it harder to 'produce any evidence' for it) - but only if you 'produce any evidence' for it (that I won't just reflexively dismiss as more 'fringe conspiracy' stuff again). Maybe."

LOL

“We cannot have 100 different charter cities making up 100 different sets of voting rules, based on fringe conspiracy theories,” Min said [...]

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The bill’s passage comes after voters in Huntington Beach voted 53.4 percent in support of a ballot initiative that would require residents to show identification in order to vote in elections starting in 2026 [...

Apparently, 53.4 percent now constitutes a lower bound for the "fringe".

Ain't democracy grand?