Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Photo ID Voting Requirement

Nearly three-quarters of Americans agree that voters should show photo identification before being allowed to vote, an Associated Press poll suggests.

Seventy-two percent of Americans participating in the survey, conducted between Mar. 26 and 29, said they are in favor of requiring all voters to provide photo ID in order to vote.

Another 14 percent said they neither support nor oppose the measure, while the remaining 13 percent said they are against such a requirement.

The popularity of a voting ID requirement is supported most by Republicans, according to NORC, with 91 percent of participants who self-identified as Republicans supporting it.

The poll also found an overall 60 percent of participants agree that adult citizens should automatically be registered to vote when they get their driver's license or other state-issued ID, with 76 percent of Democrats and 47 percent of Republicans saying they at least somewhat support the measure.

Sixty-nine percent of Democrats said they support the same-day voter registration, while only 38 percent of Republican did.

Some key changes that might reshape the federal-state relationship include a ban of state laws requiring voter IDs, the requirement that any state changes to voting rules must be approved by the federal government before being implemented, and the creation of "Independent commissions" that take away from state legislatures the authority of redrawing congressional districts.

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