Press-Enterprise: How California plans to be voters’ ‘first line of defense;’ California Voting Rights Act of 2026 responds to "federal attacks on our democracy," author says

If the U.S. Supreme Court won’t protect voting rights, California will. That’s the message behind two bills on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.

The California Voting Rights Act of 2026 responds to what the state’s Democratic leadership views as attacks on democracy by recent high court rulings and the Trump administration.

“States are the first line of defense between voters and federal attacks on our democracy,” the bills’ author, state Sen. Sabrina Cervantes, D-Riverside, said in a news release.

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