By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-17 04:58:34 | Updated at 2024-11-17 07:37:12
2 hours ago
California judge rules Huntington Beach can proceed with voter ID law
AP News ^ | November 15, 2024
Posted on 11/16/2024 8:48:27 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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.
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.
“It’s a massive black eye to the state of California,” City Attorney Michael Gates said of the ruling. “And what the state of California needs to know, if they haven’t found out already, is Huntington Beach is not going to be intimidated or deterred.”
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.”
“We continue to believe that Huntington Beach’s voter ID policy clearly conflicts with state law, and will respond appropriately in court,” the office added.
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.
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To: MinorityRepublican
2 posted on 11/16/2024 8:54:41 PM PST by linMcHlp
To: MinorityRepublican
Would be nice to see the new congress require voter ID nationally.
3 posted on 11/16/2024 8:54:55 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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