California is on the brink — of taking a easy step toward election safety.
The feds have been handing down scrutiny to make certain some murky parts from California’s election course of are sorted out and uncovered before the polls shut on Nov. 3.
It’s all coming at a time of golden alternative to assist safe the Golden State’s elections, with Proposition 39, the voter ID measure, hanging in the stability — a measure that California voters can put over the line.
In a file picture taken Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, California Attorney General Rob Bonta gestures as he speaks at a press convention in Los Angeles, California, after Paramount Skydance settled with California and 11 other states that sued to block its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery. REUTERS
The stakes are excessive. Last week, the Department of Justice filed an emergency order to forestall California election officers from instantly counting ballots tied to 20,000 suspected noncitizen voters.
After California Attorney General Rob Bonta moved to dismiss the DOJ’s lawsuit, the Department of Justice appealed to the ninth Circuit, which set a listening to set for Sunday, Oct. 25.
The DOJ’s efforts are well timed, and welcome — but while the feds act from on excessive, you, the California voter, have the likelihood to safe California’s elections by voting for Prop. 39 on Election Day.
And the want for such safety is monumental, as Bill Essayli, LA’s prime federal prosecutor, has proven.
On Oct. 19, Essayli announced the arrest of 28 noncitizens who allegedly registered to vote in California elections, some of whom allegedly voted in a number of elections. Of that quantity, 12 were registered in LA County.
The feds called it the largest voter fraud bust in California historical past.
And if the 20,000 quantity — which Essayli called “the floor” — turns out to be to correct, that would be an even more explosive revelation about how far our elections have fallen.
United States Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli speaks at a press convention at the outdated Los Angeles Federal Courthouse after FBI LA arrested Hany Malek at his mansion for medical fraud on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. Carlin Stiehl for CA Post
Though Democratic officers like Bonta hem and haw that voter fraud that does exist is a “drop in the bucket” that doesn’t have an effect on electoral outcomes — that’s not true.
Every unlawful vote undermines one of our nation’s most vaunted democratic ideas — one citizen, one vote.
Of the 12 noncitizens from LA County arrested on Monday for allegedly illegally being registered to vote, one was a registered Democrat and two were registered Republicans (the relaxation were unaffiliated or registered with third events).
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As it turns out, election safety is a bipartisan want that transcends the political spectrum.
A voter ID measure would assist safe California’s elections and defend the franchise of the Golden State’s professional citizen voters.
Now’s the likelihood to make that occur.
In a file picture, Attorney General of California Rob Bonta speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative 2026 Annual Meeting in New York City, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. REUTERS
Prop. 39 is a common sense measure to assist restore safety and religion in California elections. It would require every voter to present identification in particular person, or, if voting by mail, to write the last 4 digits of an ID quantity on the poll envelope.
It’s fairly easy. And given that you want an ID to buy alcohol and cigarettes (as effectively as weapons from federally licensed sellers), to drive a automobile or board a business flight, it makes good sense that you should produce a kind of identification to vote.
It makes so much sense that Bonta has tried to confuse voters to torpedo the proposition’s probabilities. In July, he modified the measure’s title on the poll to make it appear like the measure would disenfranchise professional voters.
But it would do no such factor.
Don’t let him idiot you. And Prop. 39, despite his finest efforts, just might go.
The California Post’s new ballot, carried out by McLaughlin & Associates, confirmed that support for Prop. 39 among California voters was evenly divided: 45.6% of voters said they would vote for the measure, and 47.8% said they would vote against it, with 5.9% undecided.
Bill Essayli, the United States Attorney for the Central District of California, speaks to the press as the DEA, LAPD, and other federal businesses conduct “Operation Free Skid Row” on Skid Row in Los Angeles, California, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. Carlin Stiehl for CA Post
The useless warmth reveals that with just a little more support, more-secure elections are achievable in California.
The only method to make certain it occurs is to get out and vote yourself.
That may be the only method to guarantee that your vote will matter in the future.