#voterid — Public Fediverse posts

Fifth Circuit Cites A Ruling Calling Mail-In Ballots “Vital” To Falsely Claim They “Jeopardize Democracy Itself”

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/14/fifth-circuit-cites-a-ruling-calling-mail-in-ballots-vital-to-falsely-claim-they-jeopardize-democracy-itself/

#factCheck
Claim by Senator Duckworth: “9% of American citizens don’t have the identification that the SAVE act requires to vote. Almost 1 in 10.”

PolitiFact rating: Mostly True
A 2023 national survey found about 9% of U.S. adult citizens either lack or cannot readily access documentary proof of citizenship, and a similar share lack a nonexpired driver’s license. However, the figure includes people who may have documents but cannot easily access them, and the survey was not limited specifically to registered voters.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2026/mar/20/tammy-duckworth/SAVE-America-Act-voter-ID-drivers-licenses-REAL-ID/

> Democrats opposing the SAVE America Act, which would require certain documents to register to vote and cast a ballot, point to a study showing 9% of adult U.S. citizens would have difficulty with those requirements.

#disenfranchisement #VRA #votingRights #voterID #constitutionalDemocracyWithoutEither
#tyranny #plutocracy #feudalism

Trump Urges Passage of the SAVE America Act — With New Provisions

https://murica.website/2026/03/trump-urges-passage-of-the-save-america-act-with-new-provisions/

Another cartoon I came across this morning... This one from #JenSorensen (whose work also appears in #InTheseTimes).

#TradWives #SAVEAct #PoliticalCartoons #VoterID #Cartoons #USPol #VoterDisenfranchisement

#WabanakiAlliance Urges Voters to Reject Question 1 on Nov. 4

"On #November4th, Maine voters will face a referendum question, #Question1, that seeks to fundamentally change Maine’s election laws and make it significantly harder for #Wabanaki citizens and all Maine voters to cast their vote — especially our #elders, people with #disabilities, working voters, #caretakers, and those without reliable transportation.

"The Wabanaki Alliance is a proud partner of the #SaveMaineAbsenteeVoting campaign and stands in strong opposition to this measure, which would create unnecessary barriers to voting and disproportionately harm our citizens. For the #WabanakiNations, the right to vote is sacred and the result of a hard-won battle by our ancestors. Voting rights weren’t extended to Wabanaki citizens in Maine until 1967, decades after federal voting rights for indigenous people were passed in 1924. Another deeply troubling aspect of this ballot measure is that it explicitly excludes #TribalIdentification from the list of acceptable forms of #VoterID. As federally recognized tribal nations, we value our #TribalSovereignty and self-determination. This exclusion seeks to invalidate and undermine the ability to identify our people and have that authorization respected. As the original stewards of these lands and waters now called Maine since time immemorial, we find it imperative to assert this right and have it honored.

"Question 1 is not a measure to secure our elections. It is a measure to suppress votes. The Wabanaki Alliance urges all Maine voters to vote NO on Question 1 this November to protect the right to vote for all Mainers.

How Will Question 1 Make It Harder to Vote?

Q1 will restrict your ability to request an absentee ballot by:

Creating a voter ID requirement for the first time AND excluding Tribal IDs, university or college student IDs, employee IDs, Social Security cards, and birth certificates from the list of acceptable IDs required to request and return an absentee ballot or to vote in person on Election Day.
Eliminating the option to call your town clerk to request an absentee ballot, making it harder for those without reliable transportation or internet to request an absentee ballot.
Prohibiting town clerks from sending you an absentee ballot that you requested online until you provide proof of an approved photo ID, either in person or by mailing a photocopy of your photo ID or your driver’s license number or non-driver ID number.
Eliminating ongoing absentee ballots for seniors and people with disabilities.
Eliminating the ability for a designated family member or friend to pick up your absentee ballot on your behalf.

Q1 will make it harder for you to return your absentee ballot by mail or drop box by:

Limiting towns to only offering a single ballot drop-box at the town hall. This would mean town clerks would be prohibited from providing absentee drop-boxes that are most convenient to where Wabanaki citizens live.
Prohibiting towns from including return postage on absentee ballots, even if taxpayers vote to fund it.
Requiring you to include a photocopy of an approved photo ID or your driver’s license number or non-driver ID number with your absentee ballot. Your vote will not be counted without that proof. The referendum also excludes Tribal IDs and other forms of valid ID from the list of acceptable IDs required to vote.
Eliminating the ability for a designated family member or friend to return your absentee ballot for you.

Q1 will undermine the security of absentee voting by:

Second-guessing town clerks, requiring a two-person, bipartisan team to check ballot boxes, instead of the clerk or a trusted member of their staff. This restriction will place undue pressure on town clerks, and will lead many towns to simply get rid of their secure drop-boxes.

Q1 will make it harder to vote in person, either on Election Day or by absentee ballot, by:

Shortening the time period for early absentee voting by two days — eliminating the two most popular days for early absentee voting.
Creating a voter ID requirement for the first time AND excluding Tribal ID, university or college student ID, employee ID, Social Security card, or birth certificate from the list of acceptable IDs required to cast their ballot.

Key Dates

✅ October 30: Last day to vote early in-person absentee and the last day to request an absentee ballot.*

✅ November 4: Election Day. Polls are open from 8 am to 8 pm. All absentee ballots must be returned to your town clerk by 8 pm."

https://www.wabanakialliance.com/no-on-question-1/

#MEPol #ElectionDay #MaineElections #Elections2025 #AbsenteeVoting #NoOnOne #NoOn1 #TribalIDs #CollegeIDs #Disenfranchisement #Authoritarianism

#MaineQuestion1 is a good reason to vote in an "off-year" election (you know, when the sneaky types try and pass shit!).

#Mainers like #AbsenteeVoting. Question 1 would make that option harder.

The November referendum has been framed around requiring #VoterID, but it also includes a host of changes to absentee voting.

Rachel Ohm, August 24, 2025

Excerpt: "#MaineVoters have come to increasingly rely on absentee or #MailInBallots — a practice that is routinely targeted by #Republicans politicians as rife with potential fraud, even though evidence doesn’t support that.

"During last year’s presidential election, almost half of all votes cast were absentee. The latest citizen-initiated proposal would make that more difficult.
If passed, it would prohibit voters from requesting absentee ballots by phone, and would require older Mainers and those with disabilities to renew their eligibility each year. The proposal also would limit the number of #DropBoxes municipalities are allowed to have and prohibit them from including prepaid return postage."

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/08/21/question-1-would-make-changes-to-absentee-voting-an-option-mainers-increasingly-like/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/CuNbt

#Absentee #BallotAccess #Disabled #Poor #MaineVoters #DisabilityRights #VoterDisenfranchisement #USPol #MainePol #USElections

Have your say in #LocalElections in #Gloucestershire 1 May 2025 & local elections in England

Deadline for registering to #vote is 2359hrs tonight
https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

Don't want to worry about #VoterID ?
Going away?
Deadline for registering for a #PostalVote is 5pm on 14 April 2025
https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote

#GreenParty
#Cheltenham
#Gloucester
#Stroud
#Cotswolds
#Cirencester
#Tewkesbury
#BishopsCleeve
#ForestOfDean
#Dursley
#Democracy

Have your say in #LocalElections in #Gloucestershire 1 May 2025 & local elections in England

Deadline for registering to #vote is 2359hrs tonight
https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

Don't want to worry about #VoterID ?
Going away?
Deadline for registering for a #PostalVote is 5pm on 14 April 2025
https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote

#GreenParty
#Cheltenham
#Gloucester
#Stroud
#Cotswolds
#Cirencester
#Tewkesbury
#BishopsCleeve
#ForestOfDean
#Dursley
#Democracy

Have your say in #LocalElections in #Gloucestershire 1 May 2025 & local elections in England

Deadline for registering to #vote is 2359hrs tonight
https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

Don't want to worry about #VoterID ?
Going away?
Deadline for registering for a #PostalVote is 5pm on 14 April 2025
https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote

#GreenParty
#Cheltenham
#Gloucester
#Stroud
#Cotswolds
#Cirencester
#Tewkesbury
#BishopsCleeve
#ForestOfDean
#Dursley
#Democracy

Have your say in #LocalElections in #Gloucestershire 1 May 2025 & local elections in England

Deadline for registering to #vote is 2359hrs tonight
https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

Don't want to worry about #VoterID ?
Going away?
Deadline for registering for a #PostalVote is 5pm on 14 April 2025
https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote

#GreenParty
#Cheltenham
#Gloucester
#Stroud
#Cotswolds
#Cirencester
#Tewkesbury
#BishopsCleeve
#ForestOfDean
#Dursley
#Democracy

@rbreich
It bears noting that #Texas did ALL 3.
(restricted Vote by Mail, has #VoterID, and regularly purges the voter roll... I believe after every 5-6 years.)

The state limited #Absentee #Ballot drop boxes to *one per county*... including Harris County's 4.5 million people (home to #Houston's 2M people)... to a single drop box at Reliant Stadium on the SW side of town.

"If #voting didn't matter, they wouldn't be working so hard to stop you from doing it." - Me

ERS in the Press – Coverage we’ve secured in the GE campaign https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/ers-in-the-press-coverage-weve-secured-in-the-ge-campaign/ n #ukpol #ukpolitics #AutomaticRegistration #VoterRegistration #ElectoralReform #TacticalVoting #ERSinthePress #HouseofLords #LordsReform #Votesat16 #VoterID #GE2024

“While #Gendermarkers are #irrelevant for the purposes of #voterID, under the #law, but #people won’t be allowed to #cast their #vote if the relevant #officer thinks there’s “#reasonabledoubt” that the person isn’t who they claim to be, based on their #photo on their #ID.”

#Handcounted #ballots, #voterID #rules: How #Fascist #GOP #lawmakers
want to change #Ohio #elections — by adding more #VoterSupression.

After signing one of the strictest voter ID laws in the country, Gov. #MikeDeWine said the #issue of #electionintegrity in #Ohio is settled. Some of his fellow #Republicans in the #Legislature appear to #disagree.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Ohio #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/23/ohio-republicans-voter-id-law-election-security/73423189007/

Electoral Commission Chair shares perspective with MPs and Peers at ERS backed event https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/electoral-commission-chair-shares-perspective-with-mps-and-peers-at-ers-backed-event/ n #ukpol #ukpolitics #CampaignRegulations #ElectoralCommission #CampaignRegulation #VoterID

Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee publish welcome electoral registration report https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/levelling-up-housing-and-communities-committee-publish-welcome-electoral-registration-report/ n #ukpol #ukpolitics #LevellingUpHousingandCommunitiesCommittee #AutomaticRegistration #InformedElectorate #VoterRegistration #VoterID

Electoral Commission chair calls out government on voter ID and finance loopholes https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/electoral-commission-chair-calls-out-government-on-voter-id-and-finance-loopholes/ n #ukpol #ukpolitics #ElectoralCommission #CampaignRegulation #MoneyinPolitics #moneyinpolitics #VoterID

Around 14,000 people did not vote after being unable to show photo ID, elections watchdog says | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/election-vote-photo-id-uk-electoral-commission-b2362791.html

#Elections
#VoterID
#VoterSuppression
#ElectoralCommission
#LocalElection
#May2023Elections
#Disabled
#Unemployed
#ReesMogg
#BarriersToVoting
#Rayner
#Morgan
#ElectoralReformSociety
#DeptForLevellingUpHousingAndCommunities
#NorthernIreland
#NI

1 in 4 voters wrongly believe they won’t need ID to vote in May’s local elections - Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
#VoterID
#May2023Elections
#LocalElections
https://leftfootforward.org/2023/04/1-in-4-voters-wrongly-believe-they-wont-need-id-to-vote-in-mays-local-elections/

Outrage at government for ‘disenfranchising younger voters’ ahead of May local elections - Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
#VoterID
#YoungerVoters
#YoungAdults
#May2023Elections
#LocalElections
https://leftfootforward.org/2023/04/outrage-at-government-for-disenfranchising-younger-voters-ahead-of-may-local-elections/