Huntington Beach Voter ID Law Struck by California Appeals Panel

A California appellate panel struck the city of Huntington Beach’s voter ID law Monday, finding it conflicted with state elections law.

Municipal voter identification requirements implicate election integrity, which is a matter of statewide concern that local laws cannot override, justices with California’s Court of Appeal, Fourth District, said in a published opinion.

California has an interest in regulating and eliminating barriers to voting, the justices said, reversing a trial court’s ruling. They pointed to amicus briefing for California that drew parallels between voter ID requirements and poll taxes and literacy tests, saying the “facially neutral” rules “had disparate ...