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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...
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...
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...
’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...
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...
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...