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"Republican Assemblymembers Carl DeMaio and Leticia Castillo call for statewide voter ID laws"
In the latest public debate over voter ID laws in California’s State Capitol, a bill to establish a voter ID law in California failed passage in a key committee this week.
Assembly Bill 25 would have required Californians to show documented proof of citizenship, like a passport or birth certificate, in order to register to vote. It also would have made voters show a government-issued ID at polling places and list the last four digits of a government ID number on a vote by mail ballot.
In addition, the bill would’ve made election officials count a vast majority of ballots within 72 hours of election day and tasked the State Auditor with reviewing certain decisions in county elections offices.
The bill failed in the Assembly Elections Committee on a party line vote with Democrats opposing.
Leticia Castillo and other Republican Assemblymembers are shifting focus to qualifying a citizen’s initiative for the 2026 ballot. The measure would amend the California constitution to require voter ID statewide.
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