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Latest Fact-Checks In Voter ID Laws

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Joni Ernst
stated on January 23, 2022 in an interview:

In Iowa, “since we have put a number of the voting laws into place over the last several years — voter ID is one of those — we've actually seen voter participation increase, even in off-election years.”

True

By Lyle Muller • January 26, 2022

Donald Trump
stated on January 7, 2022 in an email:

Democrats “are trying to ban voter ID.”

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • January 11, 2022

Lee Zeldin
stated on December 8, 2021 in a Tweet:

“Voter ID is supported by an overwhelming majority of NYers, from all across the state, walks of life, & political parties.”

Mostly True

By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 18, 2021

Joe Biden
stated on August 26, 2021 in a proclamation:

Women are "disproportionately impacted by voter ID laws — especially married women who change their names, or those whose IDs do not accurately reflect their gender."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • September 7, 2021

Chip Roy
stated on July 29, 2021 in a hearing:

A quorum-breaking Texas Democrat said in 2007 that mail-in ballot fraud “is the greatest source of voter fraud in this state.”

True

By Brandon Mulder • August 6, 2021

Roy Cooper
stated on March 26, 2021 in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper:

“People don’t pretend to be someone else to go in and vote. You just don’t see that kind of fraud.”

Mostly True

By Paul Specht • April 5, 2021

Michael MacDonald
stated on March 24, 2021 in a statement:

Michigan election bills are “designed to make it easier for people to vote.”

Mostly False

By Clara Hendrickson • April 2, 2021

Instagram posts
stated on March 25, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Says H.R. 1 gives immigrants illegally in the country “the right to vote.”

False

By Noah Y. Kim • March 31, 2021

Viral image
stated on August 2, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Sen. Cory Booker wants to require a federal license for gun owners but criticizes voter ID laws as discriminatory.

Mostly True

By Madison Czopek • March 30, 2021

Doug LaMalfa
stated on March 2, 2021 in a constituent email.:

Voting-rights legislation proposed by Democrats in Congress called H.R. 1 “would force states to restore the voting rights of convicted felons—including violent felons convicted of murder or rape.”

Half-True

By Chris Nichols • March 4, 2021

TikTok posts
stated on September 1, 2020 in a video posted on TikTok:

In Massachusetts, "anybody can go vote for anybody so long as they have their information. … They're not even checking IDs at the polling stations."

Mostly False

By Miriam Valverde • November 2, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on April 7, 2020 in a press briefing:

With voting by mail, “you get thousands and thousands of people sitting in somebody's living room, signing ballots all over the place.”

False

By Louis Jacobson • April 9, 2020

David Lewis
stated on March 26, 2020 in a tweet:

“Pelosi tried to block voter ID/absentee ballot protections.”

Half-True

By Paul Specht • April 7, 2020

Tim Moore
stated on December 27, 2019 in a press release:

Says the photo ID law passed by North Carolina lawmakers is “one of the nation’s most lenient voter ID laws."

Mostly False

By Paul Specht • February 17, 2020

Robert Spindell
stated on January 19, 2020 in a TV interview:

Says some of the names that may be purged from voter roll are people who have died.

Mostly False

By Eric Litke • January 30, 2020

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 17, 2019 in a speech at George Washington University:

Between 27,000 and 200,000 Wisconsinites were "turned away" from the polls in 2016 due to lack of proper identification.

Pants on Fire!

By Eric Litke • September 19, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on June 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says the "only valid reason to oppose voter ID is that you plan to cheat," and "every Democrat in Congress opposes voter ID."

Mostly False

By Sophie Austin • June 21, 2019

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