Today, the U.S. Senate voted on whether or not to adopt the policy of requiring photo ID to cast a ballot.
The measure failed, blocked by the Leftists in opposition—even after some claimed support for it in the media leading up to the vote. Not a single Senator on the Left voted for it.
Every day, American women—mothers, professionals, caregivers—pull out their ID practically every day without a second thought. We show it at the pharmacy to pick up antibiotics for the kids. We submit it to agents at the airport before a family trip to see grandparents. We present it at the bank, at the doctor’s office, when buying a bottle of rosé at the grocery store, when enrolling a child in school, or when signing a lease. Presenting identification is an understood and accepted part of life. So why should the one act so central to democracy—casting a vote—be any different?
The answer is that it shouldn’t. A Pew Research Center survey conducted in August 2025 found that 83% of U.S. adults favored requiring all voters to show government-issued photo identification to vote. This is not a narrow margin; it’s a national consensus. A Gallup poll from October 2024 found similarly that 84% of U.S. adults favored the requirement. And a Rasmussen Reports survey from January 2025 found that 77% of likely voters considered photo ID requirements a reasonable measure to protect election integrity. Across polling firms, across methodologies, the American public keeps returning the same verdict: voter ID just makes sense.
The argument for it is so straightforward. Elections are the foundation of self-governance. They depend on one person, casting one vote, at one time. Requiring ID is just the verification step that makes that principle enforceable.
If you’ve ever worked as a bartender, an insurance broker, an HR specialist, a financial consultant, a real estate agent, or in many other professions, you’ve been on the other end—requiring identification from others. Never were you accused of racism, sexism, or suppressing rights, which are the exact accusations levied by opponents of voter ID. They claim that minorities, women, and other groups are somehow disenfranchised. This argument literally makes no sense when contrasted with the everyday use of identification documents across all demographics.
Consider, too, what’s at stake. When even one fraudulent vote cancels out a legitimate one, actual disenfranchisement occurs. The mom who spent twenty minutes in line on her lunch break, who arranged childcare to make it to the polls, deserves to know her vote counted, and wasn’t diluted by someone who had no right to cast a ballot in the first place. The employee who shifted around her schedule to make sure she was able to vote deserves the same right.
Voter ID enjoys clear bipartisan support, which is a rare thing in today’s polarized climate. When Democrats, Republicans, and independents agree on something by margins exceeding 80%, that’s not a partisan talking point. That’s something that should become law.
American women navigate an ID-required world every single day. Asking them to show one at the ballot box isn’t at all a burden. It’s respect for the process they’re participating in. But yet again, the Leftist Senators have failed to secure the ballot box.