In New Mexico, it’s almost impossible to prove voter fraud.  No proof of citizenship is required to register to vote, and no voter ID is required for in-person voting.  For absentee voting, no photo ID is required to obtain an absentee ballot, no copy of a photo ID need be included with the returned absentee ballot, and there is no signature verification of the signature on the returned inner envelope.

Why does New Mexico have such slipshod laws?  You can thank the Democrat-controlled state Legislature that has had single-party rule for decades.  The last time Republicans held a majority if both houses of the N.M. Legislature at the same time was 1930.  To state the obvious, if it’s almost impossible to prove voter fraud, it’s almost impossible to prove the accuracy of vote totals in close elections.

I was curious if there are any other states where it is also nearly impossible to prove voter fraud.  Here are the results.

VOTER REGISTRATION

It’s illegal for non-citizens to vote in federal elections.  One would therefore conclude that proof of U.S. citizenship would be a mandatory voting requirement for all federal elections — but it is not.  Only 8 states require proof of citizenship in some form.  One of those states, Ohio, requires proof of citizenship only if registering to vote at a DMV facility.  These 8 states have faced ferocious legal opposition, and the proof of citizenship requirement has been blocked or not implemented in the majority.

I was surprised to learn that North Dakota has no voter registration.  For the other 41 states and the District of Columbia, all that is required is a declaration that the applicant is a U.S. citizen.

States Requiring/Not Requiring Proof of Citizenship (Requiring 1)

State

Score

State

Score

State

Score

Alabama

1

Kentucky

-1

North Dakota

-1

Alaska

-1

Louisiana

1

Ohio

1

Arizona

1

Maine

-1

Oklahoma

-1

Arkansas

-1

Maryland

-1

Oregon

-1

California

-1

Massachusetts

-1

Pennsylvania

-1

Colorado

-1

Michigan

-1

Rhode Island

-1

Connecticut

-1

Minnesota

-1

South Carolina

-1

Delaware

-1

Mississippi

-1

South Dakota

-1

District of Columbia

-1

Missouri

-1

Tennessee

-1

Florida

-1

Montana

-1

Texas

-1

Georgia

1

Nebraska

-1

Utah

-1

Hawaii

-1

Nevada

-1

Vermont

-1

Idaho

-1

New Hampshire

1

Virginia

-1

Illinois

-1

New Jersey

-1

Washington

-1

Indiana

-1

New Mexico

-1

West Virginia

-1

Iowa

-1

New York

-1

Wisconsin

-1

Kansas

1

North Carolina

-1

Wyoming

1

Voter ID Requirements for In-Person Voting

The gold standard for in-person voting is a government-issued photo ID.  Only 24 states require a photo ID to vote.  Another 12 states accept non-photo ID proof of identity.  That leaves 14 states and the District of Columbia that have no requirement for any identification.  Among the 15, 12 are deep blue states.  Only 3 of the 15 still have competitive elections. Those 3 are Nevada, Maine, and Pennsylvania.

States that Do/Do Not Require Voter ID (Do Not Require -1)

State

Score

State

Score

State

Score

Alabama

1

Kentucky

1

North Dakota

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