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Should voter ID be required for all federal elections?

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The facts

As of 2024, 36 states had laws requesting or requiring voters to show identification at the polls, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

A 2024 Pew Research Center survey found 81 percent of Americans favored requiring all voters to show government-issued photo ID.

A 2006 report from the Brennan Center for Justice estimated that approximately 11 percent of U.S. citizens, or roughly 21 million people, lacked current government-issued photo identification.

The Help America Vote Act of 2002 requires first-time voters who registered by mail to show ID, but federal law does not require ID for all voters.

A 2014 Government Accountability Office study found voter ID laws in Kansas and Tennessee were associated with turnout decreases of 1.9 to 3.2 percentage points relative to comparison states.

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Should voter ID be required for all federal elections?

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Yes — require government-issued photo ID for all federal elections0%

Yes — but accept a broad range of IDs and provide free ID access0%

No — but allow states to verify identity through signatures or other means0%

No — current state-level rules are sufficient0%

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How states are voting

Demo data

Once geographic aggregates ship, this section shows your state and the most dramatic agreement/disagreement around the country.

Virginia

55% Yes

Your state

Florida

51% No

leans opposite

Pennsylvania

53% Yes

close split

Michigan

57% Yes

strongest shift

Texas

54% No

disagrees

Georgia

50% Yes

nearly tied

Northeast

58% Yes

South

47% Yes

Midwest

54% Yes

West

61% Yes

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Live shifts

Demo data

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YES gained 4% nationally in the last hour as new votes surged from the Northeast.

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Florida flipped toward NO after trending narrowly YES earlier this afternoon.

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1,248 new votes were submitted in the last 10 minutes.

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Full results — — votes

Your vote lines up with the current national reaction: most voters say the court was right.

Yes — require government-issued photo ID for all federal elections0%

Yes — but accept a broad range of IDs and provide free ID access0%

No — but allow states to verify identity through signatures or other means0%

No — current state-level rules are sufficient0%