Nor can a lot of poor people or college students.
Young people and people of color are less likely to have valid photo ID, showing potential impact of restrictive voter ID laws.
www.voteriders.org
The
University of Maryland’s Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement (CDCE) and
VoteRiders, the nation’s leading voting rights organization focused on ID education and assistance, have released a new analysis showing that millions of voting-age Americans do not possess a non-expired, government-issued photo ID. The analysis comes as a
growing number of states enact new or stricter voter ID requirements, likely increasing the number of Americans who lack the required ID to vote in their states.
For the report,
“WHO LACKED PHOTO ID IN 2020?: An Exploration of the American National Election Studies (ANES),” CDCE and VoteRiders analyzed data from the
2020 ANES, the premier survey of voting-age Americans’ political attitudes and behaviors. The analysis specifically looked at survey responses from Americans about whether they have a non-expired driver’s license, U.S. passport, or some other form of valid, government-issued photo ID. Only two types of IDs are common to all
36 states with voter ID laws as of 2023: a current driver’s license or a state ID card.
Key findings from the analysis include:
- As of 2020, nearly 29 million voting-age U.S. citizens did not have a non-expired driver’s license and over 7 million did not have any other form of non-expired government-issued photo identification.