EVERYONE WANTS IT BUT THE RULING CLASS, WHICH TELLS YOU SOMETHING: Voters demand photo ID and reject weak Democratic substitute.
An overwhelming majority of people, including Democrats, back a photo identification requirement to vote, a repudiation of Democratic legislation that would let people simply swear they are whom they say they are.
As the Senate version, S.B. 1, of the House-approved For the People Act, H.R. 1, was introduced today, a new Rasmussen Reports survey found that 75% of people support photo ID laws, such as those requiring voters to present a valid driver’s license or other government-issued ID to receive a ballot.
It has strong support among all partisans, the poll analysis reported.
“Eighty-nine percent (89%) of Republicans support voter ID requirements, as do 60% of Democrats and 77% of voters not affiliated with either major party,” it said.
And yet. . .