California Elected Officials Support Voter ID Initiative

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "You have some form of government ID that you get from the DMV -- that's either a license or just an ID card," she told The Epoch Times on Wednesday.
51% : California state Assemblyman Bill Essayli agreed that establishing Voter ID would improve voter confidence.
46% : Opponents say that very little such fraud exists and that ID requirements restrict the right to vote, impose unnecessary costs, and create administrative burdens on election officials.
46% : "There is a cancer growing in our democracy where too many people have lost confidence in our elections, and enacting a Voter ID law should be seen as the best bipartisan solution to this problem," Essayli, who represents District 63 and is chairman of Common-Sense California, said in a statement on March 11. "Voter ID is a common sense step that improves election security, which is why it receives broad support among Democrats, Republicans, and independents throughout California.

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