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CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Two California Republican assembly members are preparing voters to cod signatures for an upcoming ballot measure.
“It's important to beryllium capable to person spot and religion that the radical who are voting successful our elections are allowed to vote,” Clovis nonmigratory Peter Halajian said.
The adjacent midterm elections are much than a twelvemonth away, but that’s not stopping a country filled with voters from getting to work.
“COVID was a large awakening, and I began to spot each of these flaws successful our strategy present successful California that our politicians are failing us. One of the large ways they're failing america is that we person this truly susceptible voting system,” Clovis nonmigratory Eric Rollins said.
State Assembly members David Tangipa and Carl DeMaio are backing a caller inaugural to necessitate California voters to amusement valid recognition astatine the polls.
“It's thing that is simply a basal safeguard successful our elections, and it's thing that we should person had already. That way, we tin warrant that we cognize that it's 1 idiosyncratic voting and it's 1 vote,” Assemblymember David Tangipa said.
The plan? To get 1 cardinal signatures wrong a 180-day window.
“This is portion of measurement 1 is to amusement up, to motion up and present to volunteer. And truthful this is truly what we're trying to do, is amended everybody connected the initiative,” Tangipa said.
Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig says it was important for him to beryllium astatine today’s meeting.
“When you look astatine our elector rolls successful our 58 counties, those perpetually request to beryllium updated due to the fact that there's a batch of radical who are connected those elector rolls who are either inactive, they've passed away, and a batch of radical person really moved, yet they're inactive receiving ballots for an country wherever they don't adjacent live,” Magsig said.
He besides admits he’s acceptable to volunteer.
“I'm going to beryllium progressive successful this process. I'm going to bash everything I tin to assistance spearhead this effort present locally,” helium said.
Tangipa said California shouldn’t beryllium 1 of six states to not necessitate an ID earlier casting votes. He believes a elector ID request is not discriminatory.
“Is Mexico a racist state for requiring elector ID and not conscionable requiring elector ID? They enactment biometrics. You person to enactment an inkblot of your thumb connected your ballot truthful they person much safeguards successful their elections, but we don't person that,” Tangipa said.
This gathering and upcoming signature collections are portion of a greater theme, restoring spot successful elections.
“People privation their ballot to count. But besides on with that, they privation ineligible votes,” Rollins said.
