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Voter ID Laws

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All Fact-checks for Voter ID Laws

Restoration of America
Restoration of America
stated on April 13, 2026 an ad:
“83% of us favor requiring a photo ID to vote. In fact, most of the civilized world requires it but not us.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2026
Katie Britt
Katie Britt
stated on March 19, 2026 a press conference:
“You can't shovel snow in New York City without an ID.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2026
X posts
X posts
stated on November 2, 2025 an X post:
New York state has "no ID requirement" to vote, and people could lie about their address and "vote in multiple precincts."
Mostly False
By Maria Briceño • November 4, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on February 11, 2025 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.”
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • February 17, 2025
Common Cause
Common Cause
stated on January 8, 2025 News release:
Wisconsin makes it more difficult for its citizens to vote than almost any state in the nation.
True
By Madeline Heim • January 28, 2025
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on January 8, 2025 News conference:
Voter ID "is supported, if you look at any poll, by 70 to 80% of the public."
True
By Hope Karnopp • January 23, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 11, 2024 an Instagram post:
“Every state that does not require voter ID, Kamala won.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 13, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 27, 2024 an Instagram post:
California S.B. 1174 eliminates the requirement for voter ID at polling places.
Mostly False
By Sofia Ahmed • August 30, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 2, 2024 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.”
False
By Madison Czopek • April 11, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 3, 2024 Instagram posts:
More than 2 million people registered to vote so far this year without photo ID in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Texas.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • April 5, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2024 a Facebook post:
Valid IDs are not required for voting.
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • March 20, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 3, 2024 an Instagram post:
The Biden administration seeks to end voter ID requirements to allow immigrants in the country illegally to vote.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • March 7, 2024
Cindi Duchow
Cindi Duchow
stated on November 9, 2023 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."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • January 26, 2024
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on September 28, 2023 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.”
Mostly True
By Ricardo Torres • December 4, 2023
Tina Lambert
Tina Lambert
stated on February 20, 2023 a statement of purpose about a bill:
Student ID cards are a “source of fraud” at the polls.
False
By Amy Sherman • February 23, 2023
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
stated on September 20, 2022 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.”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • September 30, 2022
Social Media
Social Media
stated on August 30, 2022 social media posts:
In New York, you need to show identification to buy whipped cream, but not to vote.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 1, 2022
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on June 7, 2022 a Facebook post:
Americans aren’t required to show IDs to vote.
Mostly False
By Jeff Cercone • June 13, 2022
Chris Carr
Chris Carr
stated on May 22, 2022 a tweet:
Stacey Abrams "supported the MLB boycott."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2022
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on January 23, 2022 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
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