Huntington Beach officials proclaimed victory Friday when an Orange County judge ruled that the city’s new voter ID law was legal, a setback for the California attorney general’s office, which warned that voter ID could soon throw the city’s 2026 elections “into chaos.”

In September Huntington Beach sued Bonta, Newsom and state Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond in response to Assembly Bill 1955. It prevents school officials from requiring teachers to reveal students’ sexual orientation or expressed gender identity to relatives.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - A judge has ruled to dismiss California's lawsuit against the city of Huntington Beach over its Voter ID law.

An Orange County Superior Court judge on Friday handed a legal victory to Huntington Beach in its battle to require residents to show ID when voting.

The ruling opens the door for the city to implement ID requirements at polling places, a first in Orange County.

A judge has rejected California’s lawsuit against the city of Huntington Beach over a local measure allowing officials to require voter identification at the polls

This year's race for city clerk in Huntington Beach is hotly contested — perhaps for the first time ever. That's largely because the winner will be tasked with implementing the city's new law requiring voters to show ID at the polls.