{"id":2221820,"date":"2024-04-15T20:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sues-city-over-voter-id-requirement-for-local-elections\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T20:38:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:38:15","slug":"california-sues-city-over-voter-id-requirement-for-local-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sues-city-over-voter-id-requirement-for-local-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"California files lawsuit against city for implementing voter ID rule in local elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-sues-city-over-voter-id-requirement-for-local-elections%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2221820&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>State officials \u200din California,\u2062 including Attorney General Rob Bonta\u200b and Secretary of State Shirley \u200dWeber, have filed a lawsuit against Huntington\u2063 Beach over a voter ID requirement in municipal elections. They argue that the ballot measure conflicts with state law and could disproportionately impact vulnerable\u200c populations. The lawsuit seeks to prevent the city from enforcing the voter \u200dID provision of Measure A.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>State officials in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"California\">California<\/a> are suing Huntington Beach, California, over a ballot measure voters in the city approved that requires <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voter-id-laws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"voter ID\">voter ID<\/a> in municipal elections.<\/p>\n<p>Ballot Measure A, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2911502\/southern-california-city-votes-voter-id-local-elections-despite-state-pushback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"passed\">passed<\/a> last month, calls for municipal elections in the Southern California city to \u201crequire Voter Identification for elections; provide more in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huntington-beach-voters-approve-voter-id-for-city-elections-driving-california-leftists-nuts\/\" title=\"Huntington Beach voters pass voter ID, irking California leftists\">-person voting locations<\/a>; and monitor ballot drop-boxes\u201d beginning in 2026. California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California Secretary of State Shirley Weber <a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/news\/press-releases\/attorney-general-bonta-secretary-state-weber-file-lawsuit-against-huntington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>argued in a lawsuit<\/a> filed in state court on Monday that the voter ID provision goes against state law.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>California Attorney General Rob Bonta, left, and Secretary of State Shirley Weber take questions after announcing a lawsuit to protect voter rights at a news conference at the California Department of Justice in Los Angeles on Monday, April. 15, 2024. (AP Photo\/Damian Dovarganes)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis voter ID measure conflicts with state law,\u201d\u00a0Weber said in a statement.\u00a0\u201cNot only is it a solution in search of a problem, laws like these are harmful to California voters, especially low-income, the elderly, people of color, those with disabilities, and young voters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two had previously warned the city in 2023 that they believed the ballot measure would go against state law, with the lawsuit filed on Monday renewing their claims that it is preempted by state law. The ballot measure does not affect voter ID requirements for state or federal elections in the city. The filing asks a state Superior Court to bar the city from implementing and enforcing the voter ID provision of Measure A.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cState election law already contains robust voter ID requirements with strong protections to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-u-s-electoral-system-needs-reforms\/\" title=\"President Trump: U.S. electoral system needs reforms\">prevent voter fraud<\/a>, while ensuring that every eligible voter can cast their ballot without hardship,\u201d Bonta said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re asking the court to block Huntington Beach\u2019s unlawful step toward suppressing or disenfranchising voters. The California Department of Justice stands ready to defend the voting rights that make our democracy\u00a0strong,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The city intends to fight back against the lawsuit, with Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates telling the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> in a statement that they will \u201cvigorously uphold and defend\u201d the measure. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people of Huntington Beach have made their voices clear on this issue and the people\u2019s decision on the March 5th ballot measures for election integrity is final. To that end, the City will vigorously uphold and defend the will of the people,\u201d Gates said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Gates noted that a bill being floated by a Democratic state senator would make voter ID provisions at a local level illegal, arguing that move conflicts with Bonta\u2019s claim that Huntington Beach\u2019s provision currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/500m-obama-presidential-library-will-finally-break-ground-in-chicago-in-2021\/\" title=\"0M Obama Presidential Library Will Finally Break Ground In Chicago In 2021\">violates state law<\/a>. Gates also noted that the state constitution gives the city the authority to conduct local elections how they wish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Attorney General\u2019s Press Release that the City\u2019s Voter ID requirements violate State Law is inconsistent with, in fact in direct conflict with, Senator David Min\u2019s new bill attempting to make Huntington Beach\u2019s Voter ID illegal. That blatant inconsistency speaks volumes,\u201d Gates said in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe City of Huntington Beach\u2019s Voter ID and other elections measures approved by the voters on March 5th to increase voter participation by mandating at least 20 more in-person polling locations and monitoring of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-zuckerberg-bans-president-trump-from-using-facebook-indefinitely\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Zuckerberg Bans President Trump from Using Facebook \u201cIndefinitely\u201d\">ballot drop boxes<\/a> are not only permissible, the City\u2019s authority is provided for them in the California Constitution, Article XI, Section 5(b), for local elections,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Huntington Beach is one of the Republican areas in the heavily Democratic Golden State. Voters in the city also elected to limit the flags that can be flown on city property, alongside Measure A, in March.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California officials file lawsuit against Huntington Beach over approved ballot Measure A, mandating voter ID in municipal elections. The measure, passed recently, aims to enhance election security by introducing Voter Identification requirements, increasing in-person voting sites, and implementing ballot monitoring in the Southern California city<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2221821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24106696745293-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2221820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24106696745293-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2221820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2221821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2221820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2221820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2221820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}