A California judge ruled the City of Huntington Beach can keep its new rule requiring voters to present identification — for the time being. “The Court finds that this matter is not ripe for adjudication,

Huntington Beach officials proclaimed victory Friday when an Orange County judge ruled that the city’s new voter ID law was legal, a setback for the California attorney general’s office, which warned that voter ID could soon throw the city’s 2026 elections “into chaos.

A judge on Friday rejected California’s lawsuit against the city of Huntington Beach over a local measure allowing officials to require voter identification at the polls.

A judge dismissed Friday a challenge filed by the state of California in Orange County Superior Court to local laws requiring voters to present identification in Huntington Beachs

A judge has ruled to dismiss California's lawsuit against the city of Huntington Beach over its Voter ID law. "This is a great day for our City - we have not only successfully defended our City's Voter ID law,