CA Voter ID Initiative Campaign Outlines Qualification Goals for 2024 – Here’s How To Help

‍‍Reform California Chairman Carl DeMaio has proposed a landmark CA Voter ID Initiative to overhaul how the state conducts it elections – and DeMaio is asking supporters for help in getting more than 1 million signatures to put the initiative on the ballot for a statewide vote.

“I firmly believe a Voter ID law is the best way to restore public trust and confidence in our elections in California — and if we can get enough signatures to qualify the measure for a statewide vote we would win,” DeMaio says.

“But our campaign needs significantly more volunteers and support before than we have right now if we are to succeed with a statewide signature drive to qualify this game-changing initiative,” DeMaio notes.

DeMaio plans to incorporate the campaign to qualify the CA Voter ID Initiative into the existing campaign Reform California runs each election cycle to elect reformers to target seats and to block costly tax hikes.

Each cycle Reform California distributes its “Plan English” Voter Guide, hosts ballot harvesting events, and runs campaigns for and against ballot measures. DeMaio says he plans to integrate organizing support for the CA Voter ID Initiative in each of these investments.

DeMaio laid out this updated timeline for the initiative:

• ‍March 2024 Primary: Between now and the March 5, 2024 statewide Primary, Reform California plans to include the online petition link to the CA Voter ID Initiative and a request for volunteers in all of its voter guides and advertisements in the campaigns it runs for candidates and ballot measures. “By integrating Voter ID into everything we do in the Primary, we hope to achieve cost efficiencies and try to kill two birds with one stone,” DeMaio notes.‍
• April 15. 2024: DeMaio hopes to refile the CA Voter ID Initiative by this date to receive updated Title and Summary to reset the signature timeclock for the possible commencement of the official wet signature drive.‍
• November 2024 General: DeMaio hopes to integrate the wet signature petition effort into all General Election campaign activities to achieve cost efficiencies on signature collection.

But for this timeline to work in the 2024 campaign cycle, DeMaio says three goals must be met so Reform California can proceed forward with the wet-signature phase of qualifying the Voter ID Initiative.

GOAL 1: Online Petition Signatures (99,452 of 150,000)

The first goal that must be hit to commence the signature drive is to get to 150,000 unique voter sign-ups on the online petition.

While the online sign ups aren’t submitted to the state, they are crucial to qualification success as Reform California will use the online petition sign ups as the base list that will be mailed petitions to help hit the eventual goal of 600,000 “wet” signatures from direct mail.

“We need everyone to circulate the online petition ASAP and get their friends and family to sign up today,” DeMaio urges. Without these online signups we won’t succeed with the direct mail portion of signature collection for the campaign.

The online petition can be signed here: SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION: California Voter ID Initiative

To achieve cost efficiencies in the campaign, DeMaio plans to include the link to the Online Voter ID Petition on various campaign materials being distributed by Reform California throughout the 2024 elections.

GOAL 2: Volunteer Commitments for Gathering Signatures (79,421 of 250,000)

The second goal that must be hit to commence the “wet” signature drive is to get volunteers to sign up and make FIRM commitments for the number of signatures they can guarantee they will collect. Volunteers are asked to make commitments ranging from 10-25 signatures on the low end to 250+ signatures on the high end. Right now statewide volunteers have only made 79,421 in signature collection commitments out of the 250,000 needed from volunteers.

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GOAL 3: Fundraising for Paid Signatures ($236k out of $1M)

The third goal that must be hit to commence the signature drive is to raise the funds necessary to print petitions, mail kits to volunteers, print signage, and hire paid canvassers to collect signatures. The current funding Reform California has available is $236k out of $1 million needed to commence the signature drive.

Contribute Securely: CA Voter ID Initiative

Among the requirements in Reform California’s Voter ID Initiative:

• Holds state and local election officials accountable to maintain accurate voter registration lists including proper verification of citizenship and eligibility
• Reduces the problem of “orphan ballots” being improperly mailed out by requiring improved verification of current address for voters where residency is in doubt
• Improves verification of voter identification by requiring a voter to present a Driver’s License for in-person voting or requiring a voter to provide the last three digits of a Driver’s License and a matching signature if voting by mail.
• Requires each county to report waiting times at polling stations and address any unreasonably long wait times
• Demands all state and local officials cooperate in the implementation of the initiative and provides stronger judicial and citizen enforcement of the initiative’s requirements.

(READ Amendment Text: The Election Integrity Initiative of 2024)

“If you want to see the California Voter ID Initiative on an upcoming statewide ballot, we need your immediate help as a volunteer and contributor so please join the campaign today,” DeMaio concludes.