[JUSTTHENEWS] Five states are considering legislation or ratifying constitutional amendments that would either implement voter ID or prevent non-citizen voting, as both issues have become significant election integrity concerns.
Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Utah and Wisconsin are in the process of strengthening election integrity by pushing forward bills or proposed constitutional amendments that would verify a voter's identity and/or ensure that they are a U.S. citizen before voting. Only about half of the states have voter photo ID, and just 15 explicitly prohibit non-citizen voting.
77% FAVOR ID: POLLS
According to a Rasmussen Reports poll released last month, 77% of U.S. likely voters believe that requiring photo ID to vote is a reasonable measure to protect election integrity. The survey was conducted Jan. 26-28 of 1,229 U.S. likely voters, with a margin of error of /- 3 percentage points.
As of November, 35 states require voters to present a form of identification to cast their ballots, but some states have exceptions. Of the 35 states, 23 require voters to present photo ID, with some exceptions, and 12 do not explicitly require it. There are 15 states that do not require voter ID to vote in person on Election Day.
Meanwhile,
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thousands of non-citizen voters were discovered on voter rolls of several states last year. While non-citizens are prohibited from voting in federal, state and most local elections, the states of Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, Maryland and Vermont, and Washington, D.C., allow non-citizens to vote in local elections.
Following the approval of ballot measures to ban non-citizen voting in eight states last year, there are now 15 in total that allow only U.S. citizens to vote in elections: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Wisconsin.
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