California City Voters Approve Voter ID and Flag Restrictions in Early Polls

Huntington Beach ballot Measures A and B, which seek to require voter ID and ballot drop box monitoring for future elections and require a unanimous city council vote to fly new flags, continue to be winning in early March 5 primary results. According to a March 6 late afternoon update from the Orange County Registrar, Measure A has 54 percent of the vote and Measure B has 58 percent, as of 5 p.m. March 6. The Huntington Beach City Council voted 4 to 3 in October to place the questions before voters, with the city’s conservative majority in favor. A third initiative—Measure C—is currently losing with 52 percent of voters opposed. It would require the city to adopt a two-year budget, require a unanimous city council vote to cancel a council meeting, and update how a vacant city council seat is filled, among other things....