California Lawmaker Leads Voter ID Ballot Initiative Signature Campaign

The campaign hopes to place the initiative on the 2026 ballot.
California Lawmaker Leads Voter ID Ballot Initiative Signature Campaign
California state senators gather on the last day of the 2023–2024 legislative session at the Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 31, 2024. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times
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A California lawmaker is leading an attempt to place an initiative on the 2026 ballot to require voter ID as a statewide constitutional amendment.

Republican Assemblyman Carl DeMaio of San Diego is seeking volunteers to help gather signatures and raise funds to let voters decide on two issues: whether citizenship should be verified at the time of voter registration and whether IDs should be required when casting a ballot. The petition is set to begin collecting signatures later this year.