Voter ID Laws Scorecard true 0% 4 Checks mostly true 0% 6 Checks half true 0% 2 Checks mostly false 0% 13 Checks false 0% 8 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 1 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Voter ID Laws X posts stated on November 2, 2025 in an X post: New York state has "no ID requirement" to vote, and people could lie about their address and "vote in multiple precincts." By Maria Briceño • November 4, 2025 TikTok posts stated on February 11, 2025 in a TikTok post: Under the SAVE Act, “if you are a woman that has changed your name from your birth certificate, let’s say through marriage … you are no longer eligible to vote.” By Caleb McCullough • February 17, 2025 Common Cause stated on January 8, 2025 in News release: Wisconsin makes it more difficult for its citizens to vote than almost any state in the nation. By Madeline Heim • January 28, 2025 Robin Vos stated on January 8, 2025 in News conference: Voter ID "is supported, if you look at any poll, by 70 to 80% of the public." By Hope Karnopp • January 23, 2025 Instagram posts stated on November 11, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Every state that does not require voter ID, Kamala won.” November 13, 2024 Instagram posts stated on August 27, 2024 in an Instagram post: California S.B. 1174 eliminates the requirement for voter ID at polling places. August 30, 2024 Facebook posts stated on April 2, 2024 in Facebook posts: A Social Security Administration database shows “how many people each of the 43 states are registering to vote who DO NOT HAVE IDs.” April 11, 2024 Instagram posts stated on April 3, 2024 in Instagram posts: More than 2 million people registered to vote so far this year without photo ID in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Texas. April 5, 2024 Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2024 in a Facebook post: Valid IDs are not required for voting. By Sara Swann • March 20, 2024 Instagram posts stated on March 3, 2024 in an Instagram post: The Biden administration seeks to end voter ID requirements to allow immigrants in the country illegally to vote. March 7, 2024 Cindi Duchow stated on November 9, 2023 in Wisconsin Assembly: "Unfortunately during COVID, the clerks in Madison and Milwaukee told their constituents that they were actually indefinitely confined and did not have to come and vote, which was incorrect." By D.L. Davis • January 26, 2024 Bryan Steil stated on September 28, 2023 in Public appearance: “Washington, D.C., allows noncitizens to vote in (municipal elections)" so a Russian citizen, after living in Washington for 30 days can "vote for mayor in Washington, D.C. And they don’t even need to show their ID to do it.” By Ricardo Torres • December 4, 2023 Tina Lambert stated on February 20, 2023 in a statement of purpose about a bill: Student ID cards are a “source of fraud” at the polls. By Amy Sherman • February 23, 2023 Ted Nugent stated on September 20, 2022 in a Facebook post: Michigan’s Proposal 2 “will permanently put in the Constitution that you never have to show an ID to vote ever again.” September 30, 2022 Social Media stated on August 30, 2022 in social media posts: In New York, you need to show identification to buy whipped cream, but not to vote. By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 1, 2022 Nikki Haley stated on June 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: Americans aren’t required to show IDs to vote. June 13, 2022 Chris Carr stated on May 22, 2022 in a tweet: Stacey Abrams "supported the MLB boycott." By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2022 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.” By Lyle Muller • January 26, 2022 Donald Trump stated on January 7, 2022 in an email: Democrats “are trying to ban voter ID.” 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.” By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 18, 2021 Load More Latest Articles Does the US have stricter ID rules for buying beer than voting? By Amy Sherman • February 16, 2026 It’s a wrap! Here are PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2025 By Maria Briceño • December 29, 2025 As extremes shape voter ID debate, the rules keep getting stricter By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2021 Claims about HR 1 keep pouring in. Here are all of our fact-checks in one place By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2021 No Evidence To Support Claims Californians Fraudulently Voted In Nevada Election By Chris Nichols • November 10, 2020 Advice For Making Sure Your Mail-In Ballot Gets Counted In California By Chris Nichols • October 23, 2020 What’s Allowed And What’s Not At Voting Sites In California? By Chris Nichols • October 2, 2020 Answering Questions About Vote-By-Mail In California Amid COVID-19, Attacks By Trump By Chris Nichols • June 3, 2020 The week in fact-checking: Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire week, the death of George Floyd By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 29, 2020 The week in fact-checking: the pandemic election, Trump’s weight By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 22, 2020 Latest promises about Voter ID Laws No promises to show. Latest promises about Voter ID Laws
