Prop 39 - Prohibits Citizens from Voting Unless They Present Government-Issued Identification. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

BALLOT LANGUAGE

  • Prohibits voting by mail unless voter designates a government-issued identification number for their voter registration. 

  • Invalidates mail ballots if envelope does not include last four digits of a government-issued identification number matching the number designated in the voter’s registration (e.g., if voter designates Social Security number for registration, but provides driver’s license number on envelope, their ballot would not count). 

  • Prohibits voting in person without presenting government-issued identification. 

  • Requires elections officials to annually report percentage of each county’s voters whose citizenship status they have verified. 

Summary of Legislative Analyst's Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact: 

  • State and local government costs of between tens of millions of dollars and low hundreds of millions of dollars each year to implement new voting requirements. Costs depend on future decisions by the Legislature, state departments, local governments, and voters. 

ENDORSEMENTS

Yes

California Republican Party (Conservative)

Ken Calvert (Conservative)

Reform California (Conservative)

Tony Strickland (Conservative)

Carl DeMaio (Conservative)

No

Equality California (Liberal)

California Teachers Association (Liberal)

SEIU California Service Employees International Union (Liberal)

California Democratic Party (Liberal)

Sierra Club California (Liberal)

FINANCIAL BACKING

The following information provides insight into the money being spent to pass or defeat the ballot measure.

Yes

CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 39, VOTER IDENTIFICATION, CITIZENSHIP VERIFICATION, AND REGISTERED VOTER LIST ADMINISTRATION INITIATIVE (2026)

This question is on the ballot in California as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 3, 2026.

Committees formed to SUPPORT the "Voter Identification, Citizenship Verification, and Registered Voter List Administration Initiative (2026)" are:

CALIFORNIANS FOR VOTER ID, YES ON 39

Selected Contributions TO: "Californians for Voter ID, Yes on 39" include:

  • Richard Uihlein
  • Steven Bray
  • Reform California with Carl DeMaio - Ballot Measure Committee
  • Nicole Shanahan
  • Perfect One Capital
  • Cameron Winklevoss
  • Tyler Winklevoss
  • Douglass Leone
  • Stark Industrial LLC

No

CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 39, VOTER IDENTIFICATION, CITIZENSHIP VERIFICATION, AND REGISTERED VOTER LIST ADMINISTRATION INITIATIVE (2026)

This question is on the ballot in California as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 3, 2026.

Committees formed to OPPOSE the "Voter Identification, Citizenship Verification, and Registered Voter List Administration Initiative (2026)" are:

NO ON PROP 39 - CALIFORNIANS FOR VOTING RIGHTS

Selected Contributions TO: "No on Prop 39 - Californians for Voting Rights" include:

  • Patty Quillin
  • Quinn Delaney
  • ACLU
  • California Donor Table Issues Committee
  • California Community Foundation
  • Wendy Munger
  • Common Cause
  • Karen Grove
  • Rajan D. Narang
  • Nancy Skinner for Board of Equalization 2030

NO ON PROP 39 - VOTERIDERS COMMITTEE

Selected Contributions TO: "No on Prop 39 - VoteRiders Committee" include:

As of September 24, 2026, there were no contributions to No on Prop 39 - VoteRiders Committee to oppose Proposition 39.

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