{"id":410518,"date":"2026-07-24T07:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T07:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/410518\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T07:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T07:26:24","slug":"rob-bonta-is-deceiving-voters-to-sabotage-california-voter-id-heres-how-to-stop-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/410518\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Bonta is deceiving voters to sabotage California Voter ID. Here’s how to stop him"},"content":{"rendered":"

File Rob Bonta\u2019s latest stunt under \u201cDemocrats\u2019 dirty tricks.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Subcategory: familiar.<\/p>\n

The California attorney general had the (predictable) gall this week to play partisan games with the Voter ID initiative<\/a> on the Nov. 3 ballot.<\/p>\n

He did this by shifting the language that will describe Prop. 39<\/a> when it goes before voters this fall.<\/p>\n

Original ballot language: \u201cESTABLISHES ADDITIONAL VOTER IDENTIFICATION<\/a> AND CITIZENSHIP VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.\u201d<\/p>\n

The California attorney general had the (predictable) gall this week to play partisan games with the Voter ID initiative on the Nov. 3 ballot. AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu<\/p>\n

He did this by shifting the language that will describe Prop. 39 when it goes before voters this fall. Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Simple and neutral.<\/p>\n

Replacement verbiage, aka the Bonta Special: \u201cPROHIBITS CITIZENS FROM VOTING UNLESS THEY PRESENT GOVERNMENT-ISSUED IDENTIFICATION.\u201d<\/p>\n

Note the first three words of the Bonta Special.<\/p>\n

\u201cProhibits citizens from voting\u201d \u2026 now that sounds unfair, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s the idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n

By reframing the summary \u2014 calling the measure\u2019s purpose a prohibition of rights rather than a verification process to ensure that only citizens vote, as per the law \u2014 Bonta seeks to manipulate voters, not inform them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In other words: He puts a dirty-trick thumb on the scale.<\/p>\n

This trick matters because ballot descriptions are the only thing many voters read before deciding how to vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This trick matters because ballot descriptions are the only thing many voters read before deciding how to vote.\u00a0 Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n

They trust the state AG\u2019s shorthand to accurately describe the measure at hand.<\/p>\n

They shouldn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s a message advocates of Voter ID need to make sure Californians hear and understand before November, as the campaign heats up.<\/p>\n

As noted, Bonta\u2019s tactic is familiar. He and his Democratic AG predecessors have revamped California ballot descriptions for years, always (surprise!) to favor the interests of Democrats.<\/p>\n

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In one egregious example, then-AG and now gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra used distorted ballot language to torpedo a 2018 tax-hike repeal measure.<\/p>\n

After a legal challenge, the court-ordered verbiage read: \u201cRepeals recently-enacted gas and diesel taxes and vehicle registration fees.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet here\u2019s what appeared on the ballot, after an appeals court deferred to Becerra\u2019s preferred framing: \u201cEliminates certain road repair and transportation funding. Requires certain fuel taxes and vehicle fees to be approved by the electorate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shocker: The measure failed.<\/p>\n

After a legal challenge, the court-ordered verbiage read: \u201cRepeals recently-enacted gas and diesel taxes and vehicle registration fees.\u201d Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n

That\u2019s exactly the dirty trick Bonta\u2019s engaging in now.<\/p>\n

Polls show strong, bipartisan support for a Voter ID law, even in deep-blue California. And for good reason: Californians want elections with results they can trust.<\/p>\n

And it would be better for all stakeholders (of goodwill) if questions about whether noncitizens vote in the state\u2019s notoriously lax balloting were largely settled by a straightforward Voter ID requirement.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why voting yes on Prop. 39 is a no-brainer for California.<\/p>\n

Prop. 39 would require ID to vote in person, or the last four digits of a government-issued number to vote by mail.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a simple safeguard that would boost trust in elections and help quell suspicions of fraud.<\/p>\n

But instead of letting the issue pass or fail on its merits, the state\u2019s AG deals dirty tricks.<\/p>\n

Bonta hopes distorted ballot language will deceive Californians into voting against their own interests.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dear voters, don\u2019t fall for it.<\/p>\n

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