It’s no secret that Democrats lie about commonsense election safeguards — especially voter ID laws.
While supported by the vast majority of Americans, these requirements, leftists baselessly argue, are evil because they suppress voters’ ability to cast ballots in any given election. In 2021, for example, Kamala Harris attempted to justify her opposition to such laws by outlandishly claiming voters — specifically those living in rural areas — have no way of making photocopies of their ID cards.
“I don’t think that we should underestimate what that [compromise on voter ID laws] could mean,” Harris said. “Because in some people’s mind, that means you’re going to have to Xerox or photocopy your ID to send it in to prove who you are. Well, there are a whole lot of people, especially people who live in rural communities, who don’t — there’s no Kinkos, there’s no OfficeMax near them.”
While it’s unclear what century the vice president believes we’re living in, Democrats’ insinuation that voters are too stupid to know how to acquire an acceptable form of ID to vote is not only insulting; it’s completely unsupported by the facts.
In a new report obtained by The Federalist, the Honest Elections Project (HEP) demonstrates how voter data from recent elections in Texas and Georgia disproves the left’s phony narrative that requiring eligible electors to provide ID when voting by mail “suppresses” their ability to participate in the electoral process.
“As the use of VBM [vote by mail] increases,