Voter ID Is Popular and the Left’s Scare Tactics Will Not Work

By Clayton S. Wood

Voter ID Is Popular and the Left’s Scare Tactics Will Not Work

I do not know what your algorithm looks like, but mine has been absolutely flooded with ads every single day of Democrats railing against the SAVE Act and using the same scare tactics they already used in Georgia.

They want you to believe that the same basic requirements we already accept for buying alcohol or boarding a plane are somehow too hard for women or minorities. That is not just wrong. That is insulting.

Let us be honest about this. Voter ID is not an extreme idea. It is not a fringe position. It is one of the most broadly supported election integrity measures in the country. Americans want elections that are fair. They want elections that everyone can trust. They want legitimate citizens to vote and nothing to change in the middle of the process.

If you have ever had to show government issued identification to fly, to rent a car, to cash a check, or to buy a bottle of wine, you know why voter ID makes sense. We require ID for everyday tasks. Requiring it for voting is common sense.

The Democrats are now reusing the same narrative they used in Georgia. In 2021 they claimed that requiring voter ID would disenfranchise minority voters. They said it was like Jim Crow. They got professional sports leagues to boycott. They ran national media campaigns. They said participation would collapse. Biden lied. Abrams Lied.

Then reality happened.

Georgia voters turned out. Minority turnout did not collapse. It went up. Participation remained strong even under the new requirements. The predictions of catastrophe failed to come true.

So now they are trying the same playbook again, nationally, with warnings that women cannot figure out voting if they changed their last name when they got married.

That is absurd. Millions of women change their names every year and update their ID records without missing a beat. The suggestion that they suddenly could not update an ID or vote is not just false. It is disrespectful and condescending.

Voter ID is not an outlier. Most developed democracies already require identification to vote. The United Kingdom now requires photo ID at polling places. Canada requires proof of identity and address before issuing a ballot. Across Europe citizens show national ID cards or passports at the polls. This is normal. It is practical. It is how responsible societies balance access and integrity.

We all know that fraud exists in some form. We all hate it. Pretending it does not exist is not courage. Pretending that every safeguard is discriminatory is not justice. We do not have to choose between access and integrity. We can and should have both.

Voter ID laws can and should include reasonable accommodations such as free ID issuance and mobile services for those who need them. That is how you build a system that is accessible and trustworthy at the same time.

So the next time someone tries to tell you that ordinary ID requirements are too confusing or too hard for women or minorities, remember this. We have already tested voter ID in the laboratory of democracy. The results are in. It works without suppressing legitimate voters. It builds confidence instead of eroding it.

America is stronger than fear based politics. We support voter ID. We support fair elections. And we will not be fooled again.