No ID, no problem: California rejects Republican effort to restrict voting access
Proposition 39 would have required in-person voters to show government ID and would have invalidated mail-in ballots lacking proof of citizenship.
Summary by The San Francisco Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Jonah Owen Lamb, as published by The San Francisco Standard · · 1 min read
Proposition 39 would have required in-person voters to show government ID and would have invalidated mail-in ballots lacking proof of citizenship.
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