Thousands of Riverside County residents back voter ID law

The signatures of tens of thousands of Riverside County residents on a petition calling for a statewide ballot initiative to require identification before voting were submitted Monday to the county Office of the Registrar of Voters.

Californians for Voter ID’s petition, backed by 130,704 signatures collected throughout Riverside County during the last four months, was received Monday morning at the front office of the registrar’s headquarters, 2720 Gateway Drive in Riverside.

Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Corona, state Assemblyman Carl DeMaio, R-San Diego, Assemblywoman Leticia Castillo, R-Corona, and state Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Huntington Beach, were among the voter ID supporters who delivered the signatures…

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