Why Are Out-of-State Billionaires Funding a California Voter ID Measure?
- California voters will decide on Proposition 39, a GOP-backed measure requiring government identification to vote, spearheaded by Assemblymember Carl DeMaio and backed by $17 million from Illinois billionaire Richard Uihlein.
- The measure represents a long-held goal for California's Republican Party, which sought to bypass the Democratic-controlled Legislature to test the initiative's viability in deep blue California before potentially replicating it in battleground states like Michigan, Wisconsin, or Pennsylvania.
- Nearly 90% of Californians vote by mail, meaning the initiative would require voters to provide Social Security or driver's license numbers on ballots. No on 39 campaign spokesperson Tenoch Flores warned this could "create new avenues to reject valid mail ballots."
- Support for the initiative dropped to 43% in recent polling after voters learned specific details. Meanwhile, the Yes on 39 campaign began airing ads distancing the measure from Trump, while opposition ads featured the former president to characterize the proposal.
- Proponents note 36 states currently request or require voter identification, but California League of Women Voters executive director Jenny Farrell dismissed such checkpoints as unnecessary, stating voters are "more likely to be struck by lightning than you are to commit voter fraud.
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A California ballot measure on voter identification provides voters with guidance replete with far-left jargon, including a dig at “MAGA billionaires,” that has turned heads online. Proposition 39 is a citizen-led effort, organized by a group called Californians for Voter ID, that submitted 1.3 million signatures in [...]
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A California ballot measure on voter identification provides voters with guidance replete with far-left jargon, including a dig at “MAGA billionaires,” that has turned heads online. Proposition 39 is a citizen-led effort, organized by a group called Californians for Voter ID, that submitted 1.3 million signatures in favor of the ballot initiative in March — far outpacing the required nearly 875,000 signatures in order for it to be adopted as a b…
Billionaires fund California ballot measure to make voters show ID at polls
A ballot measure in California that would implement voter identification requirements at polling places has become the focus of substantial financial backing from prominent donors across the country. Proposition 39 would require voters to present identification documents before casting ballots and mandate that mail-in ballots include the last four digits of a government-issued ID number on envelopes. The yes campaign has raised more than $36 mil…
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