Despite Rob Bonta’s dastardly push to stop voter ID, there’s a simple way to get it passed

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California is on the brink — of taking a simple step toward election security. 

The feds have been handing down scrutiny to make sure some murky elements from California’s election process are sorted out and exposed before the polls close on Nov. 3. 

It’s all coming at a time of golden opportunity to help secure the Golden State’s elections, with Proposition 39, the voter ID measure, hanging in the balance — a measure that California voters can put over the line.

The stakes are high. Last week, the Department of Justice filed an emergency order to prevent California election officials from immediately counting ballots tied to 20,000 suspected noncitizen voters.

After California Attorney General Rob Bonta moved to dismiss the DOJ’s lawsuit, the Department of Justice appealed to the 9th Circuit, which set a hearing set for Sunday, Oct. 25.

The DOJ’s efforts are timely, and welcome — but while the feds act from on high, you, the California voter, have the chance to secure California’s elections by voting for Prop. 39 on Election Day.

And the need for such security is enormous, as Bill Essayli, LA’s top federal prosecutor, has shown.

On Oct. 19, Essayli announced the arrest of 28 noncitizens who allegedly registered to vote in California elections, some of whom allegedly voted in multiple elections. Of that number, 12 were registered in LA County.

The feds called it the largest voter fraud bust in California history. 

And if the 20,000 number — which Essayli called “the floor” — turns out to be to accurate, that would be an even more explosive revelation about how far our elections have fallen.

Though Democratic officials like Bonta hem and haw that voter fraud that does exist is a “drop in the bucket” that doesn’t affect electoral outcomes — that’s not true. 

Every illegal vote undermines one of our nation’s most vaunted democratic principles — one citizen, one vote.

Of the 12 noncitizens from LA County arrested on Monday for allegedly illegally being registered to vote, one was a registered Democrat and two were registered Republicans (the rest were unaffiliated or registered with third parties). 

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As it turns out, election security is a bipartisan need that transcends the political spectrum.  

A voter ID measure would help secure California’s elections and protect the franchise of the Golden State’s legitimate citizen voters. 

Now’s the chance to make that happen.  

Prop. 39 is a common-sense measure to help restore security and faith in California elections. It would require every voter to show identification in person, or, if voting by mail, to write the last four digits of an ID number on the ballot envelope. 

It’s pretty simple. And given that you need an ID to purchase alcohol and cigarettes (as well as guns from federally licensed dealers), to drive a car or board a commercial flight, it makes perfect sense that you should produce a form of identification to vote. 

It makes so much sense that Bonta has tried to confuse voters to torpedo the proposition’s chances. In July, he changed the measure’s title on the ballot to make it seem like the measure would disenfranchise legitimate voters.

But it would do no such thing.

Don’t let him fool you. And Prop. 39, despite his best efforts, just might pass. 

The California Post’s new poll, conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, showed that support for Prop. 39 among California voters was evenly divided: 45.6% of voters said they would vote for the measure, and 47.8% said they would vote against it, with 5.9% undecided. 

The dead heat reveals that with just a little more support, more-secure elections are achievable in California. 

The only way to make sure it happens is to get out and vote yourself. 

That may be the only way to ensure that your vote will matter in the future.