Shawn Steel: Congress Must Prioritize National Voter ID Law

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : A law that requires voters to show some form of ID is so commonsense that most people in red states - and around the world - are shocked to discover that not every U.S. state requires voter ID.
46% : Voter ID laws aren't about racism.
46% : At least 170 countries have voter ID laws.
42% : Even in California, voter ID laws are a winning issue for Republicans and independent voters.
27% : In her 2012 speech to the Democratic National Convention, "Karen Bass spoke out against voter ID laws that have been criticized for disenfranchising minorities." "Today, one of the darkest shadows of the past century is creeping into this one: one of our most basic rights -- the right to vote, a right that we fought for and won -- is under attack," Bass, then a member of Congress, said of efforts to require voter ID.

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