Southern California
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California’s Orange County to Probe Voter Rolls for Dogs, Cats Ahead of Nov. 4 Election
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Orange County officials have launched an unusual effort to verify no dogs or cats are registered voters, instructing the local elections chief to compare voting lists against animal licensing records in a bid to root out any fraudulent entries. The Board of Supervisors voted on Sept. 23 to expand a review of pet registrations across…
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3.2 Million Inactive California Voters Removed Ahead of 2025 Special Election
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California has removed 3.2 million inactive voters ahead of the 2025 special statewide election, the Secretary of State’s Office confirmed to The Epoch Times in a recent email. The 3,177,057 registration records were removed between 2022 and 2024, according to data provided by the California Secretary of State’s elections division. With a special election on…
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DOJ Sues California County Over Noncitizen Voting Records
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The Trump administration has sued California’s Orange County Registrar of Voters Robert Page for allegedly withholding information that could reveal noncitizens were registered to vote. The lawsuit, filed in federal district court, alleges that Orange County undermined voter confidence by “refusing transparency of its voter information in violation of federal voting laws” and “concealing the…
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California Files Appeal After Court Allows Huntington Beach to Require Voter ID in Local Elections
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The State of California filed an appeal in its lawsuit against the city of Huntington Beach on May 28, asking a state appellate court to reverse a lower court’s decision that allowed the city to require photo ID in its municipal elections. In a lawsuit filed last year challenging Measure A, the city’s initiative, Attorney…
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Judge Rejects California’s Attempt to Block City’s Voter ID Law
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A California judge rejected the state’s attempts to shut down a conservative coastal city’s voter ID law April 7, ruling the city did not violate state elections law when voters passed the provision last year. In his ruling early Monday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Nico Dourbetas denied a request by California Attorney General Rob…
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California Elected Officials Support Voter ID Initiative
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A group of Californians is organizing to collect 1 million signatures in the 2026 election to qualify for a statewide constitutional amendment to pass an initiative to require voters to present identification documents in elections in the state. The coalition includes elected officials at the local, state, and federal levels, as well as campaign committees.…
