State Rep. Carl DeMaio (R-75):

“Politicians and the media will keep denying the fact that California has real problems with election integrity, but the message from the public is loud and clear in support of requiring Voter ID as the best way to restore public trust and confidence in our elections.”

Julie Luckey, director of Californians for Voter ID:

“Thirty-six states in the U.S. have implemented some form of voter identification requirement. Similarly, every country in Europe mandates that in-person voters present photo ID to cast their ballots. This practice is also standard in Canada, Japan, South Korea, India, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, and many other nations worldwide, spanning both developed and developing democracies. … 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.”

California Post Editorial Board:

“It’s a simple safeguard that would boost trust in elections and help quell suspicions of fraud. But instead of letting the issue pass or fail on its merits, the state’s AG deals dirty tricks. Bonta hopes distorted ballot language will deceive Californians into voting against their own interests. Dear voters, don’t fall for it.”

Former California Secretary of State Bill Jones (R):

“We automatically mail ballots to people who no longer live there and allow ballot harvesting that simply didn’t exist when I ran elections as secretary of state. None of that means fraud is rampant. It means the system has fewer checks than it used to, at exactly the moment public trust in institutions is at a low ebb. Prop. 39 doesn’t solve every problem in American elections. It does something more modest and more achievable: it makes California’s system harder to doubt. Good election policy isn’t partisan; it’s just good policy.”