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Assembly committee rejects AB 25 after hours of debate over voter ID and election integrity
Summary
The Assembly Elections Committee voted down AB 25, a contentious voter ID and election-integrity bill by Assemblymember DeMaio, after hours of testimony and partisan debate. Supporters argued the measure would restore public confidence; opponents said it would impose burdens on voters and worsen disparities.
The California Assembly Elections Committee voted down Assembly Bill 25 on a 2-4 vote after a lengthy, sometimes heated hearing that drew extensive testimony from national and state voting-rights and civil-rights groups.
AB 25, authored by Assemblymember James DeMaio, would have required documentary citizenship verification at registration, mandated government-issued identification for returning ballots (including vote-by-mail), strengthened random audits of voter rolls and signature-review processes, and imposed a 72-hour requirement for counties to complete ballot counting or lose the ability to use universal mail ballots for the next election.
Proponents, including DeMaio and witnesses from the Election Integrity Project California, told the committee the package of measures would address public concern about election integrity. DeMaio…
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