Pennsylvania Voter ID Debate Unlikely to be Resolved by 2024
Voters must show identification before voting in 35 states, but in Pennsylvania and 14 other states without the requirement, voter ID has become one of the election integrity issues that divides people along party lines.
Democrats believe requiring voters to provide ID will disenfranchise people, especially those too poor to obtain identification, although those who eat likely have ID. Identification is required to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
Pennsylvania Republicans believe ID is a necessary layer of security in preventing people from voting more than once.
“Voter ID should fit in with, let’s make it easy to vote, or, let’s make it hard to cheat,” Pennsylvania state Rep. Russ Diamond told The Epoch Times. “The vast majority of people have some form of ID. You can’t function in life without some form of ID. Let’s make sure that, when people show up to vote, they can establish that they are, in fact, who they claim to be. It goes a long way towards satisfying people when they have questions about our electoral system.”…