A new Washington Post poll shows a whopping 74 percent of Americans believe photo identification should be required to cast a ballot in U.S. elections.
A controversy over voter ID laws is a prominent backdrop to this year’s election, with courtroom showdowns in Pennsylvania, Texas and elsewhere over voting rights and otherwise mundane election procedures.
Overall, there is high, strong and cross-party support for such laws, even though a slim majority of Americans say they have heard “not much” or “nothing” about the issue. Support dips among those who say they have heard more about new photo identification requirements but remains the majority position.
About half of those polled see voter fraud — people voting who are not eligible to do so or voters casting multiple ballots — as a “major problem” in presidential elections. One in three see it as a “minor problem.” The numbers are nearly as high when it comes to concern about eligible voters being denied their rights.
Asked to trade off the two, slightly more Americans are concerned with fraud than with voter suppression, although stark partisan and racial differences emerge. Two-thirds of Republicans see voter fraud as a bigger problem; nearly as many Democrats are primarily concerned with denying eligible voters access to the ballot box.
In the poll, African Americans are the most likely to see voter suppression as a major problem and the most likely to see support for the laws as an effort to boost one party over the other. Nearly six in 10 African Americans sense that support for the laws stems from partisan politics.
While 44 percent of Americans perceive partisan politics at play in the support of such laws, far more, 57 percent, see a genuine interest in fair elections as a big motivator.
A challenge for opponents of the ID laws is that a slim majority of Americans see politics behind the opposition, with fewer sensing it is motivated by a real interest in clean vote counts.
Moreover, big majorities of those whom critics see as bearing the brunt of the laws are supportive of them, including about three-quarters of seniors and those with household incomes under $50,000 and two-thirds of non-whites.
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The states need to Voter I D Laws not the Federal Goverment.
When I vote, I showed my Driver’s License anyway. Recently, I had an experience when the polltaker misunderstood my name. I show them my ID’s.
VOTER ID IS JUST A PLOY TO KEEP DEAD PEOPLE FROM VOTING!!!
I.D. required to vote!! (YES)
NO I.D. = NO vote. simple.
I.D. is so easy to get and all legal citizens have to show for everything else, even to just pay by any other means than cash!!!
If your not part of the solution, you are the problem.
I am in the 74% should grow to 100%.
What would be the reason why anyone eligible to vote would even have a problem with simply providing a valid photo I.D.?No photo I.D.-no vote.period,end of problem
Why is it an issue to show ID to vote. I had to show ID to get a voter registeration card. If you can’t identify yourself as an American Citizen, you should not be allowed to vote. Although, lets face it, anyone can get a fake photo id in this country and that is sad.
I am very concerned about voter fraud and there is much more of it than we know.
I am one of the 74% that think ID should be required to vote.
In Oregon we mail in our ballots. They are mailed to us and then we vote & mail them back in. I have been concerned for a while about fraud possibilities. When my dad died the state would not let me remove his name from the list of registered voters. I have not checked since to be sure his name and my mom’s name (also deceased) have been removed. I guess I will check with them again.
I didn’t vote! Make that 74% +.
I see California plans to issue photo ID drivers licenses to illegals. Gee, just in time to sway the vote for Obama. What a coincidence huh?
Without voter I D the upcoming election could very well become the most crooked election ever!
The illegals, those who live off the public dole and those who would see America drastically changed
would vote early and often.
Scarry, Scarry probability.
when I read the news I see alot of libs saying that the amount of voter fraud is sooo small that theres no need to protect the system.But all my life I have been told ,starting w/ my lib. father and pounded into my head by everyone elected to goverment that I should get out and vote,because it only takes one vote to make or break an election. So how many dead people did it take to put Obama in the Whitehouse ? Just one.
The other 26 percent are illegals, welfare slugs, drug cartels and leftist Demcrats!
NO ID = NO VOTE!
AGREED 100% …PLAIN AND SIMPLE…NO ID – NO VOTE !!!
Its pretty simple,you have to register to vote,photo I.D. should be a no brained,kind of like immigration.
The problem is half of us don’t care,don’t know what they don’t know,are being funded by the other half and are afraid of being cut off,don’t want to be found wrong when it’s so much easier to run with a TV story as a political point of view and vote, gasp, accordingly! Not the least, the graduates coming out of our schools don’t know how amazing it was that this country formed at all and how it all came about. To them, it just happened and rolls along on it’s own. They aren’t aware of the daily battle against the reversed minds trying to tear it all down (for our own good, or else…..).
The dead can’t get them, athough i woukd bet some in Chicago would find a way.
AMAC
we need 100% to make this work
go get them
Also in addition to it not working, is that every dictator in history who defeated democracy, started out with photo ID cards and gun control.
I have to show ID to vote in Missouri. The big problem we had in the 2008 election was a Democrat judge in St. Louis forced a polling location or locations in inner city St.Louis to stay open late so more Dems could vote, helping to swing the vote to Obama.
As a retired police officer, I can honestly say that voter ID will not work unless the US spends billions to upgrade identification systems. Most people think because you need a photo ID to board an airplane, cash a check, do a lot of things, it will work, but these are all cursory checks and do not guarantee that person whose picture is on the card is actually who the printed material on the card says it is. Photo ID has not stopped bad checks, stolen personal ID’s, terrorism, illegal immigration or anything else, because there is no data base that exists that a photo ID can be checked against. I have no idea why anybody would be in favor of photo ID, it is a waste of time and money and unless the government is willing and the people will let them, collect and put on a database all the necessary information on every person in the US, it won’t work. If you disagree with me, just think about it for awhile. I will bet in about 15 minutes you can come up with at 10 ways that you, yourself, not an expert can defeat voter ID laws..
There is no system on earth that can’t be circumvented, but not doing anything is not the answer. We should at least get the ball rolling and make adjustments and corrections as we go. At least people will know we’re trying to protect our voting rights, and eventually we could have a workable system.
Photo ID would put an end to 99 percent of voter fraud. No more stuffing the ballot boxes. That’s why the Democrats are so against it. Really, really simple.
When I go to some of my doctor’s office, I need to have a photo ID. When I use my senior fare on public transit, rent a car, fly on an airline, go to a hospital (the list goes on and on). So why not require a photo ID to vote? Of course, the left is afraid that it will keep their FRAUDULENT voters from voting for the most dangerous administration we have ever seen!
Absolutely voter I.D. should be nationwide law. Those who are choosing to vote illigally are doing so for some sort of renumeration. Additionally, voter I.D.’s should be up-graded every few years as driver’s licenses are. Let’s not forget, a lot of us that are 80 as am I, do not quite look the same as we did when 21!!!
That’s my two cents worth and I’m spending it…. Go USA and in God We Trust
Yours Truly, a grateful citizen
they need ID for food stamps they dont mind showing that
no id no food
no id no vote
wake up america
I love all the posts and I too think there is no problem with voter ID. I would point out the 75% includes everyone on the right, all the independents and 20% of the left. 20% is 1/5th of the left.
Voter ID should be required in all states. One has to show ID at doctor’s office and when picking up a prescription. Even when a young person is purchasing alchohol beverage, an ID is required. If they applied for a driver’s license, they would need an ID. When a child is enrolled in school, a birth certificate is required. So all adults who are American Citizens should already have an ID. So what why are some people so upset about the requirement of Voter ID at the elections. Well, it seems that some politicians want illegal alians to vote so certain people can be re-elected and therefore cancell American Citizens’ votes. This is criminal plain and simple.
Absolutely, Photo ID’s are a MUST!! Prohibits so much corruption we saw
in the last election!
and who do you think is opposing it
the demorats of course
OBAMA is running scared and he better be
he just insulted the puppet master george soros and he good ole george is slowly backing away
from this mess whitch he was in up to his neck
Required in Georgia and should be required in every state. If required in the last election Obama would not have been elected.
thats for sure
Virgo Vince says it all. I live in Florida too,Joyce, and I always present my ID.
You have to present ID to look at an apt, test drive a car or rent a hotel room, or get a library card; I mean whats the big deal? Comply with the protocol already!
Is it not he greatest privilege, bought with blood, sweat and tears people by Americans for America?
Dress and behave in a dignified manner (that is the opposite of arrogance and defensiveness) at the PUBLIC polling place.
It is one day we are all in this together and more alike than dissimilar. Perform your civic duty with a little graciousness and patriotism and joy! For goodness sake people…
What does he left have to fear? Oh, yes, I forgot. Without dead people and illegals voting, they wouldn’t win nearly so many elections.
why do you think that OBAMA is lining up the UN troops so that if he and his cronies get reelected
he cannot count on the us military to cover his but
because of the way that he is treating them
does not even want them to vote how pathetic can he be
Q. Why would anybody be opposed to showing a photo I.D. to vote?
A. Because they are not eligible to do so!
There is no reasonable excuse for not having a photo I.D. If they are american citizens of voting age and want to vote, they can obtain a photo I.D. at the nearest motor vehicle administration. (you don’t have to have a drivers license to get an I.D. card)
Fighting Photo ID is just encouraging voter fraud.
I believe it is now more critical than ever to have an I.D. to present before voting. With this huge influx of illegal immigrants, hispanic and others, we need to be doubly aware of voter fraud. Voter fraud is a very big problem whether it’s illegals or “I see dead people” voting. Oh yes, don’t forget about our pets and farm animals voting. All joking aside, we must be vigilant in this matter. We cannot let the libs have any quarter in this issue. They would deny us any quarter so we must deny them. We are not the ones who lie, cheat, smear and denigrate others to maintain power. They are the ones who do this. I cite Obama’s campaign. His campaign has called Mr. Romney a tax cheat without one iota of proof. His campaign called Mr. Romney a murderer without one correct fact laid out. Then they disavowed any part in it. Everyone knows that Obama calls the shots. Now Obama is bringing Bill Clinton on board to his convention. Will anybody except the moon bat Obamabots believe this? Really. Bill Clinton, the father of the saying “Liar of Clintonian proportions”. Honest to god. Some writers are using this expression in their fiction novels. Cool. With 75% of americans behind voter I.D. it’s only a matter of time.
I see nothing wrong with voter ID. It keeps things RIGHT!!
i was a poll worker in the recent primary election and we did not have a single objeciion to thee I’d requirement.Most voters had their I’d out as they entered the polling place. I see nothing wrong with proving who you are to vote.
What’s wrong with voter ID? The Demacratic Party is against it because they won’t be able to pad the votes with illegal immigrents. When you think about it, though, even the Republican Party will suffer votes, but they aren’t concerned.
Absolutely, EVERY state should be in accord!!
If you don’t have a Photo ID, get one; if you can’t get a Photo ID, you don’t care enough!!!!
DON’T show up at the polls without a Photo ID!!
Don’t let me hear any whining, moans, groans, or excuses, just DO IT!!!!
Of course. I live in Chicago and it would remove the “City of the Dead” voters from the rolls.
This thing song work right and i can’t see what I’m typing…
Sharon, if you would just show your photo ID, the typewriter will quickly recover and you will have trouble keeping up with the typing speed as the typewriter is so happy! (Sorry, I just could not resist. A laugh a day keeps the _________ away (You fill in the blank)). P.S. Sharon, I have a wife name Sharon, but I do not think you are her since her last name is not Newton.
It is required in Florida
AMAC
you should useyour clout to put pressure on all the states for voter id
then watch you numbers clime