Appeals court strikes down Huntington Beach voter ID law

Huntington Beach cannot require residents to present identification to vote in local elections, a California appeals court decided.
The 4th District Court of Appeals in Santa Ana concluded that Huntington Beach’s proposed local voter ID requirement violates state election law — a decision that overturned an earlier trial court ruling in favor of the city’s stance that being a charter city allows local leaders greater control over municipal elections.
In its opinion issued Monda