Illinois will not comply with President Trump’s executive order requiring voters to present proof of citizenship to receive a ballot in the upcoming election, and instead will have voters
On April 1, 2025, voters will decide on a proposal to amend Wisconsin's constitution to require photo ID to participate in elections.
Voting rights groups predicted legal action against Trump's election order, which they say strips power from Pennsylvania and other states.
A proposed constitutional amendment on the April 1 ballot in Wisconsin asks voters to decide whether existing voter ID laws should be enshrined in the state constitution. Republicans who control the state Legislature rushed earlier this year to get this proposal on the ballot alongside the election for state Supreme Court.
Despite the lack of evidence that voter ID does much to improve election security, people want it. Another Pew survey showed 81% of Americans favor a voter ID requirement. An April 2024 poll from Franklin & Marshall College shows that 73% of Pennsylvanians want it, too, and approval crosses partisan lines.
A coalition that includes several conservative Southern California lawmakers is trying to get a ballot measure before voters in November 2026 that would require voter ID, a practice common in other states but opposed by those who say it’s an unnecessary roadblock to democracy.
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Wisconsin voters will decide on a constitutional amendment regarding voter ID laws on April 1. Wisconsin's voter ID law, in place since 2012, has been criticized for making voting more difficult ...
Reform California, the grassroots PAC run by Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, R-San Diego, is laying groundwork for a 2026 ballot measure to require voters to show identification in order to vote. It would also require elections officials to ensure voters are U.S. citizens when they register to vote.
Republicans were in their first session of single-party control of state government, and a voter ID law was near the top of their priority list. A previous governor, Demo