A recent study decimated a popular liberal narrative that voter ID impedes voting rights…
A study in the crucial swing state of Wisconsin runs contrary to the popular claim of many on the political left and concludes that voter ID laws have not suppressed the vote in the state.
“The study finds no statistically significant negative impact of Wisconsin’s voter ID law on overall voter turnout,” the new study from the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) concludes.
“In fact, turnout has slightly increased since the law’s implementation, challenging claims that voter ID requirements lead to widespread disenfranchisement.”
The study compared turnout in Wisconsin over 20 years, starting with the 2004 presidential election and ending with the 2024 presidential election, including gubernatorial elections in the years in between.
WILL acknowledged that turnout can be “impacted by many factors beyond voter ID laws” but noted that it “included these key control variables to ensure we isolated the law’s true impact.”
Will Flanders, research director at WILL, told Fox News that he hopes people see from this study that the popular narratives about voter ID laws are not based in data.
“When people make these claims that voter I.D. is this instrument of suppression, there’s really no evidence to back that up,” Flanders said.
“People often say it’s especially hard for minorities and folks from low-income backgrounds. We specifically looked at the impact on areas with more minority voters, and we found that there’s no evidence, even in those areas, to support this case. There’s no impact on voter turnout in areas with high numbers of minority residents relative to other parts of the state as well. So no impact overall and no impact on those voters that are generally claimed to be most affected.”
Honest Elections Project Action Executive Director Jason Snead told Fox News that the WILL report is consistent with “many” other studies that show voter ID laws “do not do what the Left claims.”
“To the contrary, voter ID laws enhance public trust in elections, leading directly to higher voter turnout and greater trust in the democratic process. Liberal politicians are desperate to mislead the public, but the truth is that voter ID laws are overwhelmingly popular. That is why 36 states have them and voters in states as diverse as North Carolina and Nevada have voted for ballot measures to require voter ID.”
Wisconsin established voter ID laws in 2011 that have undergone several court challenges in the following years.
Wisconsin voters will head to the polls on April 1 to determine if they want to enshrine Wisconsin’s voter ID law into the state Constitution.
A 2024 Pew Research Poll also showed a bipartisan consensus that over 80% of Americans support voter ID measures.
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