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California Bucks National Trend as Voter ID Initiative Faces Uphill Fight

Current polling shows a voter ID ballot measure could be headed for defeat in California even as the policy is overwhelmingly popular nationwide.

A Berkeley University Institute for Governmental Studies poll shows that a slim majority of Californians, 51%, oppose Proposition 39, a ballot measure to adopt voter ID. Just 42% support it, still leaving a sizeable number of undecided voters.

Though some national polls show more than 80% of Americans back voter ID, support for Prop 39 breaks down along party lines in California, with 80% of Democrats opposed and 93% of Republicans supportive.

Currently, 36 states require that voters provide some form of identification such as a utility bill, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Twenty-three of those states require government-issued photo ID to vote.........

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