“The right to vote is the crown jewel of American liberties, and we will not see its luster diminished.”
~ Ronald Reagan.
In 1950, South Carolina became the first state to require identification from voters – although, at the time, it didn’t have to be a photo ID. Since then, the debate about whether Americans should prove citizenship before going to the polls has grown and become very heated. Today, 36 states have such requirements – and California isn’t one of them. But that doesn’t mean all cities in the Golden State approve. Huntington Beach, for example, just won its second challenge against the state, arguing that as a charter city, it has the right to make it mandatory that citizens provide voter ID before deciding the fate of their city.
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