Voter ID Impact

X owner Elon Musk, an avowed supporter of Presidential-elect Donald Trump and a potential administration assistant to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in government, tweeted a screen shot of a Newsmax broadcast this week.

The red-and-blue election state-by-state map on Thursday’s “Carl Higbie FRONTLINE” noted nearly all of the states that chose Vice President Kamala Harris were ones that have no voter ID on the books.

The Newsmax graphic that highlighted the impact of states that block voter ID requirements election integrity-seeking Republicans have long called for.

Pennsylvania, by law, does not require an existing voter to present a voter ID, but first-time voters in a district do.

“If a voter is voting for the first time in an election district, the voter must show proof of identification, either photo or non-photo identification,” state law reads. “Returning voters need not show any identification unless otherwise noted in the poll book.”

This election did expand some voter I.D. requirements in some states.

“Iowa, Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin all passed an amendment that requires citizenship in order to vote,” Higbie reported in his Friday episode. “Noble concept, right?”

Among the states declared for Harris in the Electoral College that are no voter ID states, the map showed (in alphabetic order):

1. California
2. Illinois
3. Maine
4. Maryland
5. Massachusetts
6. Minnesota
7. New Jersey
8. New Mexico
9. New York
10. Oregon
11. Vermont
12. Washington

There were four Harris-won states that require non-photo ID:

1. Colorado
2. Connecticut
3. Delaware
4. Virginia

There were two Harris-won Northeast states that require voter ID, the only two in the nation to vote against Trump:

1. New Hampshire
2. Rhode Island

The map cut off Democrat stranglehold Hawaii in the map, but that state generally does not require voter ID either and was easily won by Harris.

Things that make you go hmm.