John R. Lott Jr., Real Clear Investigations: America the Outlier: Voter Photo IDs Are the Rule in Europe and Elsewhere
Democrats and much of the media are pushing to make permanent the extraordinary, pandemic-driven measures to relax voting rules during the 2020 elections – warning anew of racist voter “suppression” otherwise. Yet democracies in Europe and elsewhere tell a different story – of the benefits of stricter voter ID requirements after hard lessons learned.
A database on voting rules worldwide compiled by the Crime Prevention Research Center, which I run, shows that election integrity measures are widely accepted globally, and have often been adopted by countries after they've experienced fraud under looser voting regimes.
Of 47 nations surveyed in Europe -- a place where, on other matters, American progressives often look to with envy -- all but one country requires a government-issued photo voter ID to vote. The exception is the U.K., and even there voter IDs are mandatory in Northern Ireland for all elections and in parts of England for local elections. Moreover, Boris Johnson’s government recently introduced legislation to have the rest of the country follow suit.
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WNU Editor: I live in Canada and voter ID is required for all elections. So when I hear politicians and pundits in the U.S. say voter ID is racist and will suppress votes .... my response is WHAT!?!?!?
Look at other countries with voter ID before passing judgement.
Canada's voter participation in elections is high. Ballots are counted by hand with observers from all political parties present. No machines are used. And our results are almost always known within a few hours. And here is the important part .... almost everyone is satisfied with the result, accuracy, and fairness of the vote.
