JIMMY CARTER SAYS YES: Democrats Don’t Want You to Know What Jimmy Carter Said About Voter ID.
In 2005, Carter co-chaired the bipartisan Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform alongside former Secretary of State James Baker. The commission formed in the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election.
The commission recommended voter ID, better voter registration, and stronger safeguards against fraud, and it did so with bipartisan support. In a resurfaced clip from that era, Carter is heard making the case for voter ID in terms today’s Democrats would call bigoted.
“Also have some form of photo ID required, voter ID,” Carter said. “So, the second reason is to make a uniform recommendation in our country through this report that we’ve issued, so that there’s not highly discriminatory laws passed by one party or another.”
Carter went further, explaining exactly how the commission designed the policy to prevent the very harms Democrats now claim are inevitable.
“These photo ID cards will be free,” Carter said. “There will be a wide distribution of them. The states will be required to go around the state to issue these photo ID cards to as many people as possible, which will be a good system just for recruiting new voters.”
Jimmy Carter in 2005 on voter ID: "It will not restrict people from voting."
He even described Voter ID as “a move forward in getting more people to vote."
Republicans need to share this video far and wide. Voter ID was bipartisan then. It should be bipartisan now. pic.twitter.com/szZarfscjw
— Jenn Pellegrino 🇺🇸 (@JennPellegrino) August 6, 2026
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