Proposition 39: Voter Identification and Citizenship Verification
Source: electionresults.sos.ca.gov
What does this measure do?
Voters would have to show government-issued ID to vote in person, and mail voters would write four digits from an ID on the ballot envelope. You would need ID each election, and taxpayers would pay new state and county costs of tens of millions to low hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
Read the official ballot measure (PDF)
Proposed by: Citizen initiative by Reform California, led by Assemblymember Carl DeMaio
Reform California is a conservative political group run by Republican Assemblymember Carl DeMaio. Illinois billionaire Richard Uihlein gave $17 million of the $28 million raised.
Source: kqed.org
A YES vote means
Voters would provide government-issued ID information each election. Officials would also review citizenship data.
A NO vote means
Signature checks and current voter-roll rules would stay in place. Most voters would not show ID each election.
Campaign Finance Information
Campaign Finance Information
Largest donors supporting
- Richard Uihlein · WIFounder of shipping-supply company Uline$10,500,000
- Reform California with Carl DeMaio - Ballot Measure CommitteeRepublican assemblymember's small-donor committeeIts top donors: Kathleen Flynn (retired, per filing); Kathryn Starr (retired, per filing)$3,042,980
- Nicole ShanahanAttorney, 2024 vice-presidential candidate$370,000
- Douglas LeoneVenture capitalist (Sequoia Capital)$250,000
- Stark Industrial LLC · TXAustin, Texas LLC; owner not named in filings$250,000
Largest donors opposing
- The Tribal Council of the Federated Indians of Graton RancheriaTribe that owns Graton Resort & Casino$2,000,000
- Patty QuillinPhilanthropist; wife of Netflix co-founder$1,500,000
- M. Quinn DelaneyOakland philanthropist (racial justice foundation)$1,500,000
- SEIU California State Council for Working PeopleService workers union committeeIts top donors: SEIU California State Council$1,017,500
- California Democratic PartyState political partyIts top donors: Election Rigging Response Act, Newsom's Ballot Measure Committee; State Building and Construction Trades Council of California Independent Expenditure PAC$1,000,982
Filings as of September 16, 2026 · Source: fppc.ca.gov
Sources: sos.ca.gov · lao.ca.gov