Fury as Dems unleash rigging plot to kill voter ID in California: Blatant manipulation

California’s Democrat Attorney-General has been accused of making a dishonest, last minute attempt to thwart a state voter ID proposal going to voters in the fall, leading to allegations of election rigging.The backers of Proposition 39, which would require voters to provide government ID at the polls or the last four digits of a ID number if voting by mail, claim that Attorney General Rob Bonta changed the ballot measure’s description in a malicious attempt to ensure the proposal didn’t have a chance on election day.“This is blatant manipulation and rigging right in the middle of the election season,” fumed Republican Assemblyman David Tangipa, one of the first to spot the changes.Bonta’s office is required to write a title and summary for ballot measures, and his office took steps in September of last year to describe the measure ahead of signatures being gathered to help the measure qualify for November’s election.Republicans are accusing Bonta of trying to “rig” the election by portraying the ballot measure negatively.In the attorney general’s original description, Prop 39 is a measure that “establishes additional voter identification and citizenship verification requirements.”However, the description revealed Tuesday in the voter information guide is vastly different.

Bonta now describes Prop 39 as a measure that “prohibits citizens from voting unless they present government-issued identification.”Supporters of the voter ID ballot measure were furious after they spotted the changes in the description of their proposal in the newly released voter information guide for the November election that will be mailed to all voters.The new summary of the voter ID proposal is also different and framed more negatively.It states the measure can “prohibit” voting and “invalidate” mail ballots without proper identification, whereas the original summary simply listed IDs as requirements.“California politicians know that a super-majority ...