Voter ID & Registration News
The Daily Signal examines the state-by-state debates over voter ID requirements, registration rules, and election integrity.
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Ramaswamy Calls for Voter ID Constitutional Amendment for Ohio
Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is championing the effort to solidify voter ID in Ohio, calling for the requirement to be enshrined in the state constitution. “Ohio must enshrine voter ID in its constitution,” Ramaswamy wrote Monday morning for the Cincinnati Enquirer. Ramaswamy acknowledged that Ohio already has voter ID, but he said it needs stronger protection…. -
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Republican House Should Staple SAVE America Act to Everything It Sends the GOP Senate
When Republicans and conservatives gather these days, one topic quickly and predictably arises: Why can’t the GOP Senate pass the SAVE America Act? This measure has been President Donald Trump’s chief domestic policy objective for 2026. He threatened not to sign any other bill until Congress placed this measure on the Resolute Desk. Trump had… -
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The Elitist Media Despise Black Conservatives
Black conservatives perennially face the slur that they’re “not really black” if they aren’t on the left. Not only that, they are tools of white racists if they dissent from the NAACP hard line. When the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to overturn a racially gerrymandered congressional district in Louisiana, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, was outraged… -
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Can California Elections Be Saved? Voter ID Qualifies for the Ballot
Californians will get a chance to vote for more secure elections this November after a voter identification and citizenship verification initiative qualified for the ballot. Following a successful signature-gathering campaign led by Assemblyman Carl DeMaio, R-San Diego, the ballot question, if approved, would require government-issued identification for in-person voting. Californians voting by mail would need… -
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Ohio SOS LaRose Defends Sending Voter Data to DOJ
As the Trump administration continues to insist that states beef up election security, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is defending his role in sending voter data along to the federal government. In May 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice began requesting that states hand over statewide voter registration lists. The lists contain information such… -
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Republican House Should Fatten Senate GOP’s Boney Reconciliation Bill
Picture a packed airport gate. Passengers languish as a delayed flight goes nowhere. The typically cheerful airline personnel are as bored and dejected as the travelers. Suddenly, the pilot announces departure in five minutes. The huddled masses jump for joy. After the flight crew boards, the gate agents direct two passengers onto the plane and then shut the… -
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Senate Republicans ‘Putting the Democrats on Record’ on Voter ID
As they begin debate on the SAVE America Act—a bill requiring photo identification and proof of citizenship in federal elections—Republicans in the Senate are pursuing an unusual strategy which provides little assurance of the bill getting passed. “We look forward to putting the Democrats on record and showing just the lack of commonsense that they… -
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Senate to Be Put on Record on Voter ID Legislation
This week, the Senate will vote on the SAVE America Act—a bill requiring photo identification and proof of citizenship in federal elections—but only after a grueling, multiday debate. Conservative backers in Washington are cautiously applauding the move by Senate Republican leadership to hold a lengthy debate followed by a vote, forcing Democrats to publicly stand… -
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Voter ID Is Perfectly Normal Worldwide
Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer of New York relentlessly smears the GOP-sponsored SAVE Act as “Jim Crow 2.0.” This bill requires that citizens show photo ID to vote in federal elections. Schumer mendaciously decries this as the Republicans’ freshest flavor of hate, aimed chiefly at blacks. The GOP, Schumer insinuates, stole this idea from Bull Connor,… -
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Mike Lee Says ‘Zombie Filibuster’ Is Stalling Voter ID Bill—Here’s What That Means
Conservatives are calling on Senate Republicans to end the “zombie filibuster” to overcome Democrat opposition to the SAVE America Act, legislation that would mandate voter ID and proof of citizenship. President Donald Trump threw his full support behind the bill in recent days, arguing that America’s elections are “rigged, stolen, and a laughingstock.” “The SAVE… -
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Another Study Refutes Left’s False Claims Against Voter ID and Secure Elections
Trust the science, we’ve all been told. Well, the science has spoken again: Voter ID laws aren’t discriminatory and don’t suppress anyone’s vote. For years, liberals have peddled fabricated claims about voter ID requirements, asserting that they give an advantage to the Republican Party by “discriminating against African Americans” and suppressing their vote. They pooh-pooh… -
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Texas Lawmaker Predicts Election Audits Will Become as Popular as Voter ID
A Texas state senator who championed legislation to establish election audits in the Lone Star State says he anticipates such audits will become as commonplace and accepted as voter ID. When he traveled to Washington in 2006 to testify in support of voter ID before the House Administration Committee, the hearing room filled up “because… -
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Election Watchdog Probes Colorado Offer of Voter Registration to 30,000 Noncitizens
An election watchdog group is seeking more information about why Colorado sent 30,000 postcards to noncitizens, inviting them to register to vote. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold admitted Monday that her office sent out the notices and called it an error that she is trying to address. The Public Interest Legal Foundation announced Wednesday that… -
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This Supreme Court Ruling Will Prove Vital to Defending Voter ID and Other Laws
The Supreme Court’s important ruling last week on voter ID in North Carolina has been overlooked in the fervor over the high court’s spot-on decisions upholding the Second Amendment and religious freedom and overruling Roe v. Wade. But the court’s procedural decision Thursday in Berger v. NAACP will help prevent state officials from sabotaging the… -
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3 Laws That Biden’s Voter Registration Order Could Break
President Joe Biden’s executive order spurring an “all of government” approach to registering voters could raise questions about whether the effort squares with a law prohibiting political activity on federal property. Congress will look into such questions, Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., co-chair of the House Election Integrity Caucus, told The Daily Signal. “We’re looking at… -
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HUD Pushes Voter Registration Drives in Public Housing Under Biden’s Executive Order
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will engage in voter registration efforts that in some cases allow mass collection of voter registration forms by public housing officials, raising concerns about the potential for voter fraud among other legal issues. HUD’s voter registration drive comes as part of the “all-of-government” approach described in an… -
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Why Voter ID Requirements Make Sense
A young man who looks like a teenager walks into a liquor store and pulls a bottle of cheap whiskey off a shelf. He puts it down at the checkout counter and pulls out his wallet. The clerk at the counter looks at him skeptically. “Can I see your ID?” he asks. “Yes,” says the… -
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In Europe, Voter ID Is the Norm
Democrats and much of the media are pushing to make permanent the extraordinary, pandemic-driven measures to relax voting rules during the 2020 elections—warning anew of racist voter “suppression” otherwise. Yet democracies in Europe and elsewhere tell a different story—of the benefits of stricter voter ID requirements after hard lessons learned. A database on voting rules… -
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8 Takeaways as Senate Panel Deadlocks on Bill to Nationalize Elections, Nullify Voter ID
In a party-line vote Tuesday, a Senate committee deadlocked 9-9 on a bill that would nullify voter ID and other state election requirements after rejecting multiple Republican-proposed amendments. The Senate Rules and Administration Committee debated the amendments and merits of the legislation, S 1, which sponsors call the For the People Act. Committee Chairwoman Amy… -
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We Hear You: Voter ID, Clean Elections, and the Electoral College
Editor's note: The Daily Signal's coverage of the debate over election reforms continues to engage our audience. Here's a sampling from the mailbag at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I was greatly encouraged by North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s remarks on voter ID ("Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson Explains Why It’s Not Racist to Require…