OAN’s Brooke Mallory
1:02 PM – Monday, March 11, 2024
Two conservative ballot items that permits the city to demand official identification from voters for elections and effectively forbids flying the LGBTQ pride flag at City Hall, won by an 8-point margin and was approved by voters in Huntington Beach, California.
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Four conservatives who won control of the city council in the elections held in November 2022 enacted the legislation.
However, Democrat Attorney General Rob Bonta, a California official who was originally born in the Philippines, cautioned Huntington Beach voters, saying that demanding voter identification is allegedly “against state law and may result in legal action.”
However, the voter identification proposal was still adopted by an 8-point margin.
With 16 votes, the second LGBTQ pride flag measure was approved. It was suggested following the council’s resolution to remove the pride flag and outlaw all flags except those of the government, the military, the Olympics, and prisoners of war, unless a unanimous council vote was obtained to override the ban.
With the most recent set of results released on Wednesday night, the group opposing the ballot measures, Protect Huntington Beach, admitted defeat, even though the results are still unofficial since further mail-in ballots from Tuesday’s election have not yet been tabulated.
As of Friday, the result was 53% in favor and 47% against.
A third resolution, supporting the appointment of City Council vacancies and the budget process, was defeated by a margin of five points, despite the support of the four council members.
“I believe the votes validated that we are headed in the right direction,” said Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark.
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