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Voter ID requirements, 2024

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Elections by state

This article lists each state's voter ID requirements for the November 5, 2024, general election.

As of 2024, 35 states required voters to present identification in order to vote at the polls on Election Day. Of these states, 25 required voters to present identification containing a photograph, and 10 accepted other forms of identification. The remaining 15 states did not require voters to present identification in order to vote at the polls on Election Day.

Valid forms of identification differ by state. In certain states that require voters to provide identification, there may be exceptions that allow some voters to cast a ballot without providing an ID. Commonly accepted forms of ID include driver's licenses, state-issued identification cards, and military identification cards.

  • For general information about voter identification, click here.
  • For a list of bills related to voter identification enacted from 2022 to 2024, click here.
  • To explore arguments related to voter identification, click here.


For detailed information on each state's voter ID laws, click the links below.


State voter identification requirements in 2024

How to use this interactive table: To search for a state, enter the state name in the search bar above the upper right-hand corner of the table. By default, the table displays 10 states at a time. To see additional states on subsequent pages, use the navigation prompts under the bottom right-hand corner of the table. To change the number of states displayed on a single page, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table.


Enacted voter identification legislation

The table below lists bills related to voter identification enacted from 2022 to 2024. The following information is included for each bill:

  • State
  • Bill number
  • Official bill name or caption
  • Most recent action date
  • Legislative status
  • Sponsor party
  • Topics dealt with by the bill

Bills are organized by state and then by most recent action. The table displays up to 100 results. To view more bills, use the arrows in the upper-right corner. Clicking on a bill will open its page on Ballotpedia's Election Administration Legislation Tracker, which includes bill details and a summary.

Support and opposition

The following quotes briefly summarize arguments for and against voter ID laws. Click here for detailed support and opposition arguments from a variety of sources.


Arguments for and against voter identification laws
Support Opposition
"Voter ID laws can stop multiple types of fraud, such as impersonating another registered voter, preventing noncitizens from voting, and stopping out-of-state residents or someone registered in multiple jurisdictions. ... That’s one reason why voters across all demographics support voter ID laws in virtually every poll by almost 80%. This typically includes more than 60% of Democrats ... according to a poll conducted by the Honest Elections Project."[1]

- Fred Lucas, The Heritage Foundation (2023)
"Overly burdensome photo ID laws deprive many voters of their right to vote, reduce participation, and stand in direct opposition to our country’s trend of including more Americans in the democratic process. Many Americans do not have one of the forms ofgovernment-issued photo identification that state laws list as acceptable for voting. These voters are disproportionately low-income, racial and ethnic minorities, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Such voters more frequently cannot afford or cannot obtain the underlying documents that are a prerequisite to obtaining government-issued photo ID card."[2]

- ACLU (2021)


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