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At Least 10 States Pondering Over 40 Bills Tightening Voter ID Requirements

https://www.theepochtimes.com/at-least-10-states-pondering-40-plus-bills-tightening-voter-id-requirements_4281910.html

In 10 state legislatures across the nation, more than 40 bills
proposing new or more stringent voter identification requirements for
registration or in-person voting had been introduced as of Feb. 11,
according to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
An election official hands a voter back their ID at the Madison
Community Center polling place before he can cast his ballot in the
Democratic presidential primary on Super Tuesday on March 3, 2020, in
Arlington, VA. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Missouri and Virginia account for 24 of the 40 bills.

Missouri lawmakers are pondering 13 voter ID bills as part of a
package spearheaded by Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, who has called
for a bill requiring a state or federal photo ID to vote in person.

The 11 bills in Virginia are in response to the 2021 adoption of the
Voting Rights Act of Virginia before Republicans won the governorship
and retook control of the House of Delegates last November.

The Voting Rights Act of Virginia “effectively eliminated ID
requirements when Democrats had control. The ID requirement is still
on the books but the photo ID part is not enforced,” Honest Elections
Project Executive Director Jason Snead said.

“The effort being made in Virginia is to just enforce the state’s
photo ID law,” said Snead, whose group works with the American
Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in crafting elections integrity
bills carried by state lawmakers nationwide.

The measures in Virginia, Missouri, and beyond are part of a broader
national trend of reforming election practices. Of the 45 state
legislatures currently in session across the nation, at least 40 are
debating elections-related bills, according to NCSL.

The left-leaning Brennan Center for Justice at New York University
said on Feb. 7 that, as of Jan. 14, at least 18 bills in five states
impose new identification requirements for absentee ballot
applications. The requirements include either a Social Security
number, a driver’s license number, or voter record number.

Bills in Mississippi and South Carolina shorten time periods for
submitting absentee ballot applications. Eight bills in Illinois,
Maryland, and New Jersey would establish in-person voter ID
requirements for the first time.

The Indiana House has passed a measure pushed by Secretary of State
Holli Sullivan, requiring voters to submit their driver’s license
number or the last four digits of their social security number when
requesting an absentee ballot digitally.

Two New Hampshire bills would eliminate options for voters to cast
regular ballots by signing an affidavit. New Hampshire Rep. Mark
Alliegro (R) said the bill, sponsored by Sen. Bob Guida (R), addresses
longstanding concerns with the state’s same-day registration and
voting system.

Under state law, those not registered can show at polls, present
“evidence of their identity,” age, and U.S. citizenship with a
state-issued driver’s license or ID card, birth certificate, passport,
or naturalization papers. If a voter does not have documents, they
sign a “qualified voter affidavit,” swear they are who they are, and
promise to provide verification within 90 days.

“You could come here from another state, another country—you could
land here from Mars—and vote in New Hampshire elections that same
day,” said Alliegro, who is sponsoring a bill requiring all ballots be
hand-counted.

“You sign an affidavit and are supposed to provide that proof within
90 days. Then the (vote) tally is made, the elections are certified
and 90 days later, you haven’t” received verification, he said.

“This happens thousands of times in this state every election,” Alliegro said.

Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman (R), said with
the state’s Supreme Court’s January ruling nixing a 2019 election law,
he’ll file a bill boosting voter ID requirements that the law
precluded.

“Look, most people believe in requiring voter ID. It doesn’t
necessarily have to be a state-issued driver’s license or ID; in
Colorado, people can use their electricity bills,” said Corman, among
Republican candidates seeking the GOP nod to challenge Democrat Gov.
Tom Wolf in November’s gubernatorial election.

“There will be some sort of ID requirement,” he said. “We could land
(during the session) on what that is supposed to look like.”

A bill filed in Arizona by state Sen. Wendy Rogers (R) requires the
secretary of state to seek an exemption from the federal law—upheld in
court rulings—that bars proof of citizenship to vote. It’s one of
several Arizona bills related to voter ID.

Arizona Sen. Kelly Townsend (R), who has filed bills related to
election audits, election equipment, and contractors, said stricter
voter ID requirements are needed to “stop making fraud easy.”

“Something we are hearing is people saying they’re never going to vote
again if these problems aren’t fixed,” she said. “We want to restore
confidence in our elections. Right now, the confidence isn’t there.”

Arizona voters may also weigh in on the proposed constitutional
amendment tightening voter ID requirements in November if lawmakers
adopt a resolution to place a ballot measure before voters.

Michigan voters also may be presented with a voter ID ballot measure
after Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed a 2021 bill imposing new
requirements. Secure MI Vote proponents need 340,047 voter signatures
by March to get it on November’s ballot.