Overview
- Reform California says it delivered about 1.3–1.35 million petition signatures for a constitutional amendment requiring voter identification and citizenship verification.
- Officials in all 58 counties have started the required checks and will report results to the secretary of state for sampling before any certification.
- The measure would mandate ID at polling places, require the last four digits of a government ID for mail ballots, verify voter citizenship, and tighten voter roll maintenance.
- Backers, led by Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, cite broad public support and claim bipartisan signatures, while civil-rights groups argue the plan would suppress eligible voters.
- The state effort advances as a similar federal push, the House-passed SAVE America Act, faces steep hurdles in the U.S. Senate.