The state's voters in November will decide whether to require identification for in-person and mail-in voting.

An initiative to amend the California Constitution to require voter identification has qualified for the November ballot.

The measure also would require election officials to verify registered voters are U.S. citizens, aligning with a Republican-led push for new restrictions on voters.

A California voter identification ballot initiative appears to have qualified for a November vote, according to state's top election official.

The measure would require an ID to cast a ballot and instruct county elections officials to verify the citizenship of registered voters.

This week a political tsunami hit California politicians when Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced that Reform California had successfully collected more than 1 million valid signatures to

DeMaio and other Republican operatives have pushed for tighter voter restrictions in deep-blue California for years.

California voters will be asked whether they want to tighten the identification and verification rules for voters. The California Secretary of the State office confirmed Friday that the proposal was qualified for the Nov.