{"id":1493312,"date":"2024-10-01T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1493312"},"modified":"2024-10-01T17:25:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T21:25:00","slug":"newsom-outlaws-voter-id-rules-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/newsom-outlaws-voter-id-rules-in-california\/1493312\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom Outlaws Voter ID Rules In California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Newsom Outlaws Voter ID Rules In California<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>California governor Gavin<strong> Newsom has just signed a new law banning local governments from requiring residents to present identification to vote in elections<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/GettyImages-1421659856-700x420_3.jpg?itok=JpoSlpf2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The legislation &#8211; introduced by Sen. Dave Min (D-Orange County) &#8211; is a direct response to a ballot measure approved this year by voters in Huntington Beach <strong>which required people to show photo identification at the polls<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph  \"><em>The Republican-led city, whose leaders often tussle with Sacramento Democrats, has maintained that its status as a <a class=\"js-tealium-tracking \" href=\"https:\/\/www.cacities.org\/UploadedFiles\/LeagueInternet\/6b\/6bbb4ee3-88f9-4d8f-93ad-0075a7b486c4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charter city<\/a> gives it home rule over elections administration.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph  \"><em>But Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley Weber aren\u2019t buying it: <strong>The officials sued Huntington Beach in April to invalidate the law,<\/strong> arguing it interferes with state voting rights protections. -Politico &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/09\/29\/california-outlaws-local-voter-id-rules-00181608\">Politico<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>California is one of 14 states that does not require voter ID at the polls &#8211; so, if a person wants to operate a car, hop on a plane, or rent an apartment in California &#8211; you need ID. Voting? Not so much.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The right to freely cast your vote is the foundation of our democracy and Huntington Beach\u2019s voter ID policy flies in the face of this principle,&#8221; said Bonta in an <a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/news\/press-releases\/attorney-general-bonta-secretary-state-weber-file-lawsuit-against-huntington\">April statement<\/a> coinciding with the state&#8217;s lawsuit against election security.<\/p>\n<p>As <em>Politico<\/em> notes further, Min&#8217;s legislation is one of several bills introduced by Democratic state lawmakers over the past year which seek to cement Democrat control over the state protect poor disenfranchised &#8216;citizens&#8217; who (per their argument) don&#8217;t have the resources or brainpower to obtain a license, yet want to participate in elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph  \"><em>The changes aim to prevent Huntington Beach, Shasta County and other conservative local governments<strong> from establishing election policies that are often driven by suspicions of voter fraud.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph  \"><em>Legislation from state Sen. Steve Bradford, <a class=\"js-tealium-tracking \" href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed into law Wednesday<\/a>, clarifies record-keeping procedures for secure elections data and <strong>increases the secretary of state\u2019s regulatory power over poll books and other voting systems used in local elections<\/strong>. -Politico<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph  \">Last year, local officials in Shasta County, CA were unsuccessful in their attempts to get rid of electronic voting machines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Tue, 10\/01\/2024 &#8211; 13:25<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/newsom-outlaws-voter-id-rules-california\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/newsom-outlaws-voter-id-rules-california<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsom Outlaws Voter ID Rules In California California governor Gavin Newsom has just signed a new law banning local governments from requiring residents to present&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1493313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1493312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1493312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1493313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1493312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1493312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1493312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}