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Fourteen states plus the District of Columbia are commonly reported as not requiring voters to present documentary identification when voting in person, a classification found in multiple election-law...
, do not require voters to present a government ID at the polling place; instead those jurisdictions verify voter eligibility through alternative methods such as signature comparison, sworn affidavits...
and progressive advocates describe many laws as racist or racially discriminatory because they say the rules impose disproportionate burdens on Black, Latino, low‑income, elderly and young voters — gr...
Major national trackers (Ballotpedia, NCSL, Movement Advancement Project, Vote.org, VoteRiders and news compendia such as The Hill and local outlets) describe roughly a dozen states where voters can c...
A narrow but consequential factual question—“Which states are categorized as ‘no ID required’ for in‑person voting and what statutes enable that status?”—cannot be answered with a definitive, single l...
As of late 2025–January 2026, a substantial majority of states at the polls: most trackers put the number in the mid‑30s, with reporting noting 36 states have laws asking for or requiring ID and other...
’s most recent collaborative national survey estimates that roughly 9.1 percent of citizens of voting age — about 21.3 million people — lack ready access to a document proving citizenship (birth certi...
Between 2020 and 2024, multiple organizations reported a wave of new or tightened voter ID laws: the University of Maryland and partners say 17 states enacted new or stricter voter-ID rules since 2020...
As of January 2026, reputable trackers report that a substantial portion of states require voters to show some form of identification in person, and one widely cited survey () counts 21 states that sp...
require a government‑style photo document to cast a regular in‑person ballot and force voters who lack that ID into a separate provisional process that must be “cured” after Election Day for the vote ...
States described as “no ID required” still use formal processes — affidavits, ballot declarations or provisional ballots — to confirm a voter’s identity when documentation is missing at the polls; tho...
A set of U.S. states are commonly described as having “strict” voter ID regimes—meaning voters who cannot present acceptable identification at the polling place are required to cast a provisional ball...
As of the reporting collected here, states fall into several categories: those that require photo ID, those that accept non-photo ID or other identifying information (sometimes “non-strict”), and thos...