The bill calls for voters to provide proof of citizenship at election offices, while ending voter registration drives, mail-in and online registration.
Voter participation by people of color remains under threat, due to gerrymandering, arbitrary voting tests, new voter ID laws, and changing polling places.
Two measures now making their way through the State Assembly aim to improve how California draws new district maps to ensure more participatory elections.
In Moore v. Harper, if SCOTUS decides the plaintiffs' "Independent State Legislature" theory has merit, elections nationwide could be thrown into chaos.
The Supreme Court will hear the case a leading conservative federal judge has called "the single most important case for American democracy in the nation’s history."
Doubts about election integrity among Republicans continue even as experts say rigorous and transparent safeguards are in place to ensure a secure election.