GOP lawmakers talk about voter ID initiative; Dems stay mum

(The Center Square) – Republican authors of a voter identification ballot initiative in California said on Thursday that the measure’s progress toward the Nov. 3 ballot is the fastest volunteer-qualified initiative in the state’s history.

The remarks came on the heels of the initiative qualifying for the ballot after the measure’s supporters submitted more than the required number of valid signatures – 1.02 million, significantly over the 874,641 required signatures.

“We’re not trying to reinvent the wheel,” said Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Huntington Beach and co-author of the measure.

“I just remind everybody that 36 other states have this as part of their laws,” he told The Center Square on Thursday near the Capitol in Sacramento...