President Donald Trump wrongly claimed that shoppers need to show photo identification to buy groceries and accused Democrats of obstructing his agenda.
Voter ID articles on Democracy Chronicles
Voter ID laws require some form of identification in order to vote or receive a ballot for an election but has been used in US to block voter access. Also see our section on American democracy or our Voter Access archive.
Trump Claims Russia to Help Democrats Win in 2018. Really?
The real election cheating in 2016 was just Republican politics as usual. The majority of these actions have been carried out as part of a campaign led by the controversial Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
Voter Purge Increase Threatens Midterm Election Voter Access
Trend could silence millions of voices at the polls this November, according to a new report
The Case for Voter Fraud Tested — and Utterly Fails
When the proponent was challenged in a courtroom to prove that voter fraud is rampant, the claims went up in smoke
How voters with disabilities are blocked from the ballot box
Barriers to voting are not unusual for the more than 35 million voting-age Americans with disabilities
Fraud Behind Trump’s Election Integrity Commission Continues
President Donald Trump’s slapdash commission on election integrity, which he disbanded earlier this week, exists now only
Latest version of Texas voter ID law takes effect
Texas law that requires voters to show state-approved photo identification officially goes into effect
Nebraska senators aim to introduce a voter ID requirement
Will they ensure everyone has a voter ID before the requirement is enforced? Of course not.
Despite Minority Turnout, Scrutiny Over Alabama Voter ID Law
Poll workers were said to be thrown off by recently married women carrying photo IDs with names that didn’t match
West Virginia Voter ID Law in Force Starting in 2018
A key point is that this West Virginia voter ID law is less strict than those passed in some other states