Article 6K5J5 Will this California surf town approve crackdowns on voter ID and Pride flags?

Will this California surf town approve crackdowns on voter ID and Pride flags?

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Lois Beckett
from US news | The Guardian on (#6K5J5)

Wealthy Huntington Beach - nicknamed Angrytown, USA' - has clashed with state over series of measures

Early election results suggest voters in Huntington Beach, California - the wealthy, majority-white surf town south of Los Angeles - may approve ballot measures to require voter ID in local elections, and to amend the city charter to ensure that Pride flags cannot be flown on city property.

California's attorney general warned last year that the voter ID measure conflicts with state law and would only serve to suppress voter participation without providing any discernible local benefit" and that the city risked state enforcement action if it moved forward with the policy.

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