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The Voter ID Act Can Secure Elections and Restore Common Sense

Don Palmer | Elizabeth Schlueter

As we approach November, legislators are running out of time to enact meaningful reforms before midterms, and many of their commonsense proposals are being received by fiery partisan opposition.

One such proposal, the Voter ID Act (HR 9368), sponsored by Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., passed the Committee on House Administration June 24. It was attached to the Stop Insider Trading Act (HR 7008) as an amendment and will be heard in the House Rules Committee. This is a crucial step toward authorizing consideration of the Voter ID Act for final passage on the House floor.

Yet the debate-turned-screaming match in the House Administration Committee that preceded the committee vote might raise concerns for the reasonable American.

The bill requires voters to show photo ID when casting a ballot in a federal election, creates a grant program to provide valid IDs for voters who cannot afford them, and allows voters who forget their ID on election Day to cast provisional ballots—all measures that have proven effective in the states.

These provisions seem commonsensical, especially given that federal law already prohibits noncitizens from voting in federal elections, and verifying the identity of voter registration applicants is fundamental to adhering to the principle of “one person, one vote.”

Yet, during the committee meeting, Rep. Norma Torres, D-Calif., emphatically claimed that these measures for verifying voter identity and citizenship enable voter suppression. She........

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