Legal Threats Knock Voter ID Initiative Off California’s 2022 Ballot

The certainty of protracted litigation has prompted sponsors of a California Voter ID initiative to push their prospective 2022 ballot measure to 2024. Reform California filed its prospective ballot measure, Voter Identification and Registration Requirements Initiative, in September and received clearance shortly after to begin collecting the 997,139 signatures necessary by the April 26 deadline to get the proposal on the state’s June 30 ballot. However, even if it could meet the “tight deadlines” in securing the needed signatures, Reform California Chairman Carl DeMaio said it is evident that state officials and the Democrat-controlled State Assembly were intent on keeping the Voter ID measure off the ballot. DeMaio said California Attorney General Rob Bonta and legislative analysts have told the group “they think our initiative is illegal. That gave us pause to try to find out what exactly they would do to stop this initiative.” Rather than plunge ahead with …