California voters have the opportunity to decide this November whether or not to require photo identification at polling places, as the secretary of state certified that supporters had collected more than enough valid signatures to put the question on the ballot.
California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber announced this week that the proposed constitutional amendment had met the threshold for the Nov. 3 general election ballot. The measure will be formally certified for the ballot on June 25 unless its proponents withdraw it, her office said.
The initiative would add a new section to the state Constitution requiring voters to show government-issued identification when voting in person, or to give the last four digits of a unique government-issued identifying number when voting by mail. The state would have to provide a voter ID card at no cost upon request….