California voter ID initiative clears signature threshold, setting up November showdown with Newsom

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Michigan congressional candidate Amir Hassan weighs in as Democratic lawmakers, including Sen. Chuck Schumer and Gov. Gavin Newsom, criticize the SAVE Act as racist and a 'Jim Crow 2.0' voter suppression tactic. A petition to require voter ID and allow only U.S. citizens to vote has gained momentum in California and surpassed the required 875,000-signature threshold to qualify for the November ballot, the group leading the effort said. According to Reform California, a nonpartisan political activism group, organizers submitted the "California Voter ID Initiative" petition to county authorities with 1.3 million signatures. The group says the petition has garnered bipartisan support, with signatures from Californians representing all walks of life and political persuasions across all 58 of the state’s counties. Reform California believes the measure ha