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Huntington Beach council adopts resolution seeking steps to ensure a legally valid, transparent 2026 election after outside group presentation
Summary
After a presentation by Unite for Freedom and extensive public comment, Huntington Beach City Council voted 5–0 to adopt Resolution No. 2025-64 urging steps to strengthen voter verification, ballot security and transparency for the 2026 general election.
Huntington Beach City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to adopt Resolution No. 2025-64, a nonbinding measure calling for immediate steps to ensure a “legally valid and transparent” 2026 general election.
The vote followed a presentation by a volunteer group called Unite for Freedom, which presented findings from a forensic review of voter rolls and ballots, and a lengthy public-comment period in which speakers both criticized and supported the group’s methods and conclusions.
The resolution’s author, Mayor Burns, said the action was motivated by a desire to preserve public confidence in elections. “Free and…
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