Young person wearing sticker after voting. (Photo: Made360/Shutterstock)
CA Voter ID Initiative Likely to Appear on 2026 Ballot, Surpasses 600,000 Signatures
The organizers and volunteers have 96 days to gather the needed one million signatures
By Megan Barth, November 24, 2025 3:48 pm
A California Voter ID initiative looks likely to appear on the 2026 ballot with over 600,000 signatures, just short of the million signatures needed to qualify. The organizers and volunteers have 96 days to gather the remaining signatures for the initiative to appear before the voters and have expressed confidence they will gather the million signatures within the next few months.
According to Assemblyman Carl DeMaio’s Reform California, the organization spearheading the effort, “the ballot initiative is a state constitutional amendment to impose a Voter ID requirement for all future elections in California. Because the proposal is a constitutional amendment, once approved by the voters, state politicians will be compelled to comply with it for all future elections – no exceptions.”
The initiative requires a government-issued voter ID to vote in person, or the last four digits of a government-issued voter ID to vote by mail. Additionally, the initiative would require election officials to verify the citizenship of registered voters.
According to the latest polling data, a majority of California voters support the initiative’s requirements with 68 percent supporting Voter ID for casting a ballot and 79 percent supporting verification of citizenship.
Despite claims by Democrats that Voter ID is “racist,” a significant majority within minority communities support the initiative, according to Gallup.
Assemblyman DeMaio contends that the passage of the initiative will create an “earthquake” in California politics and will “fix the many election fraud issues” that exist in California’s voting system.
“Support for voter ID laws transcends party lines—it’s not a Republican or Democratic issue. Polls consistently show that majorities of Republicans, Democrats, and independents favor these measures … Voter ID is simply a common-sense policy. California needs to modernize its elections to align with the vast majority of the world’s democracies. While our state leads in so many areas, it lags behind on this issue. It’s time for California to catch up and enact voter ID laws,” said Julie Luckey, Director of Californians for Voter ID.
Luckey has been an instrumental fundraiser for the ballot initiative, raising millions of dollars to support the effort.
POLITICO reports that Luckey is driving the fundraising effort, successfully raising enough for a paid signature-gathering operation that has produced 75 percent of the signatures to date.
“As DeMaio leads the grassroots side of the campaign, Luckey has been leveraging her connections in donor circles to reel in big checks, including a combined $500,000 from Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and $370,000 from Nicole Shanahan, an entrepreneur and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s former running mate . It is Luckey on the phone with donors, promising that the money will be spent effectively rather than to enrich an army of consultants. Since July, Californians for Voter ID has raised about $5 million,” POLITICO reports.
- Nevada AG Aaron Ford Teams Up with Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett Amid Out-of-State Cash Dependency - January 29, 2026
- Wells Fargo Joins the Exodus: Wealth Management Division Flees to Florida as California Democrats Drive Out Another Icon - January 29, 2026
- Arizona Lawmaker Grills Progressive Lobbyists on Non-Citizen Voting, Exposing Evasive Tactics in Election Integrity Battle - January 29, 2026
RELATED ARTICLES
-
-
December 2, 2019 -
They’ll find a way, just like with the gerrymandering.
“…Because the proposal is a constitutional amendment, once approved by the voters, state politicians will be compelled to comply with it for all future elections – no exceptions…”
sent in another 17 signatures today. sent in 19 before the Prop 50 special election.
this is the fastest I have ever seen a campaign gather signatures. better get your name in soon if you want to be part of the Million history-making Californians who will be remembered for getting their state back on track via fair and honest elections!!
We submitted almost 20 signatures last week….
Easy petition to get people to sign and most are FURIOUS at how screwed up California is….
I guarantee you California will find a way to cheat their way into defeating it even with 75% of people supporting it. Californians want illegals to vote, they want ballots mailed like junk mail, and they do not like anyone asking questions of you and your vote.
I hear Rep. Swalwell got his latest best idea from his former mistress Fang-Fang: Vote by phone! Brilliant! Then anyone in the world can vote on whether California should live or die!
Unfortunately, DeMaio’s “Vote ID” initiative is so poorly written, it will not improve election integrity. The initiative will waste Patriot time and money and, if passed, will give the false impression that we have improved election integrity.
For the same effort and money, DeMaio could have done a good initiative. This is yet another unforced error by our side.
it’s called baby steps! conservatives can’t win a ballot measure that bans all mail in voting in 1 swoop as it is too popular among elderly Dems. the polls show that the proposed measure which bans noncitizens on rolls and requires regular audits CAN pass. once the graveyard vote is no longer getting ballots, we can go back and vote for 1 Day voting with hand counted paper ballots. Going for the whole enchilada now would be silly as we can’t overcome the graveyard vote, the illegal vote and the corrupt USPS/county bureaucrat all at once! Carl DeMaio is a pragmatic guy not an ideological purist. sign the petition and let’s win this one so we can continue the fight!
Here is a link to an annotated copy of the “Voter ID” initiative explaining why it is so poorly written.
https://spaces.hightail.com/space/USJvOsTsHv
Since the elections are already rife with fraud and rigging, how will the initiative win even if on the ballot?
Been getting signatures at my church, my yoga group and my bunco group. I’m so proud to do this it’s long overdue.
How do we sign?