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California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Monday his office has sued against the Southern California city of Huntington Beach over a recently passed charter amendment requiring people to show identification before voting. “The right to freely cast your vote is the foundation of our democracy and Huntington Beach’s voter ID policy flies in the face of this principle,” Bonta said at a press conference. In October, a fractious Huntington Beach City Council voted 4-3 to add three charter amendments to the March 2024 primary ballot. Among other things, those amendments gave the city the authority to take over control of its elections from Orange County and the power to ask voters for photo ID before casting a ballot, as well as mandating a minimum number of in-person polling places and monitored ballot boxes. Hillel Aron, Courthouse News Service.
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Covering Elections and Voting in 2024
By Pam Fessler, Communications Advisor, The Elections Group
The media’s job of informing Americans about elections is more important than ever. Confusion over how elections work has undermined public confidence in the process and allowed disinformation to take hold.
Unfortunately, the news media is facing its own crisis, with dozens of outlets shutting down over the past year and other news organizations letting hundreds of employees go. There will likely be fewer reporters covering voting and elections in 2024 than in past election cycles, and those who do will likely have less experience.
Working with The Elections Group, I produced a new guide that I hope will help as reporters try to navigate this crucial beat. Covering Elections and Voting in 2024 offers reporting tips, story ideas, links to resources and basic information about how the voting process works. Our target audience is local reporters covering elections for the first time, but those with more experience might find it useful as well.
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