California sues Huntington Beach over voter ID referendum

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Monday his office has sued against the Southern California city of Huntington Beach over a recently passed charter amendment requiring people to show identification before voting. “The right to freely cast your vote is the foundation of our democracy and Huntington Beach’s voter ID policy flies in the face of this principle,” Bonta said at a press conference. In October, a fractious Huntington Beach City Council voted 4-3 to add three charter amendments to the March 2024 primary ballot. Among other things, those amendments gave the city the authority to take over control of its elections from Orange County and the power to ask voters for photo ID before casting a ballot, as well as mandating a minimum number of in-person polling places and monitored ballot boxes. Hillel Aron, Courthouse News Service.

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