NEWSWEEK: US Election Marred by Confusion Over IDs

BY KATE PLUMMER, NEWSWEEK — NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Calls to a voting rights helpline more than doubled on the day of the 2024 election compared to four years earlier, according to data exclusively supplied to Newsweek.

Nonpartisan voting rights group VoteRiders said the number of voters who called or texted its helpline, which offers advice regarding the documents voters need to prove their identity, increased by 261 percent in 2024 relative to the 2020 presidential election.

The issue of voting rights loomed large in the 2024 election, with supporters of Republican President-elect Donald Trump seeking tougher measures after alleging without evidence that the 2020 election was stolen from him while Democratic Party supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris often saw measures to toughen ID requirements as possibly discriminating against minority groups.

A total of 35 states required a government-issued identification to vote in person in the 2024 presidential election. Of these, 24 required a photo identification such as a driver’s license or a U.S. passport. That is four more states than required the same in the 2020 election.

Read the full article in Newsweek.

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