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It looks like the ballot measure to require voter ID in California might be on the ballot in November.

We do NOT have a problem with voter fraud. Instead, this effort is intended to disenfranchise voters. Those who are elderly, disabled, naturalized citizens, those who have name changes or moved frequently will be impacted the most.

#VotingRights
#DefendDemocracy
#VoterSuppression

https://www.aclunorcal.org/voter-id-fast-facts/

Voter ID Fast Facts - ACLU of Northern California

California's elections are secure. The proposed voter ID initiative for the November 2026 ballot would require voters to show government-issued ID every time they vote — creating privacy risks, barriers for eligible voters, ballot rejections, and targeting communities that already face obstacles to voting. Mandatory citizenship checks using flawed databases would lead to purges of...

ACLU of Northern California
Mar 17 at 2:23amWeb
Show threadCollette Lynner4d ago
@ScruffyJunco You're right, the problem is not with voter fraud but voter suppression. Thanks for sharing
Show threaddavecb 🇨🇦4d ago

@ScruffyJunco

This is some forensic accounting demonstrating that Facebook secretly wrote and is shepherding the various "age verification" bills.

Age Verification Lobbying: Dark Money, Model Legislation & Institutional Capture: How corporate lobbying, think tank infrastructure, competing model legislation, and obscured funding networks are shaping age verification policy across 45 states and Congress...
https://jwz.org/b/yk4c

The TBOTE Project

This is some boss-level forensic accounting demonstrating that Facebook secretly wrote and is shepherding the various "age verification" bills. Age Verification Lobbying: Dark Money, Model Legislation & Institutional Capture: How corporate lobbying, think tank infrastructure, competing model legislation, and obscured funding networks are shaping age verification policy across 45 states and ...