Senate Democrats blocked a bill that would have required voters to provide identification before casting their ballots in federal elections. The bill, introduced by Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, would have prohibited state and local election officials from providing a ballot to someone who did not provide a valid form of identification.

Voter ID Support

Despite their vote against the bill, many Senate Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have previously expressed support for voter ID laws. In fact, Schumer said in March that Democrats support voter ID and included it in their Freedom to Vote legislation several years ago.

The bill would have allowed voters to provide a variety of forms of identification, including an unexpired driver’s license with a photo, an unexpired state-issued ID card with a photo, a valid passport, a valid military or veteran ID with a photo, or an unexpired tribal ID with a photo.

Previous Attempts

This is not the first time Democrats have blocked a voter ID bill. In March, Republicans tested their support of voter ID for the first time in a vote to attach Husted’s bill to the SAVE America Act. It failed on party lines then, too.

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said that many Democrats have expressed support for voter ID in the past. “We’ve got many Democrats, who have said, ‘I’m just fine with voter ID,'” Lee said. “Voter ID is a major component of SAVE America, and they’ve said that over and over again when we had it on the floor in late February and early March.”

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