But voter ID laws are contentious and in some places, including Arkansas, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, have been struck down by judges. There are two key arguments against the voter ID requirement.

Votebeat reports that delays in implementing REAL ID reveal potential challenges for proof-of-citizenship laws in voting, ...

Voter ID laws disproportionately disenfranchise minority communities. Fraga and Miller found that black voters constituted 11.4 percent of those voting in Texas in 2016 with ID but 16.1 percent of ...

Voter ID laws have all been sponsored by Republicans and passed overwhelmingly by Republican legislatures. A conservative U.S. circuit judge, Richard Posner, ...

Critics of voter ID laws have had a difficult time proving their menace in court. A new algorithm could change that.

Ohio now has the strictest voter ID law in the U.S., preventing thousands from voting. Other states with new ID laws include Florida and Georgia.

Polls have shown that voter-ID laws and similar measures enjoy great popular support all over the world. In the U.S., a comprehensive 2012 Washington Post poll found that 74 percent of respondents ...

Policies on voter ID requirements vary widely between states, and of the 36 states with rules in place, 21 ask for a photo ID and 15 also accept non-photo IDs, according to NCSL.

Voter ID and absentee-ballot limits: the South tightens key voting laws ahead of election States across the South are passing new restrictions on how votes are cast. Civil rights activists say it ...