Proposals to require voters to show photo identification before being allowed to vote draw overwhelming support. By 77% to 20%, registered voters favor a requirement that those voting be required to show photo ID. Opinion about this is little changed from six years ago, when 80% of voters supported voter photo ID requirements.<\/p>\n\n
Several states have enacted strict photo ID voting requirements, but there have been court challenges to many of these laws. Last month, a Pennsylvania judge blocked enforcement of that state\u2019s voter ID law. <\/p>\n\n
In a national survey of 1,263 registered voters, conducted Sept. 12-16 by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, nearly all (98%) say they are confident that they have the identification they will need at the polls on Nov. 6.<\/p>\n\n
There are partisan differences in views of photo ID requirements for voters, though majorities of Republicans, Democrats, and independents favor such requirements. Fully 95% of Republican voters say a photo ID should be required to vote, as do 83% of independents. By comparison, 61% of Democrats who say photo identification should be required; 34% say it should not. Liberal Democrats are about equally divided on this question (46% should be required, 48% should not).<\/p>\n\n
A separate <\/a> Pew Hispanic Center surveyfinds that 71% of Latino registered voters say that voters should be required to show an official photo ID before they vote. And nearly all (97%) say they are confident they have the ID they need to vote on Election Day. 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