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80% Support: Why the SAVE America Act is the Newest Flashpoint in the Voter ID Debate

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“If you have to show ID in order to buy alcohol, board a plane, or rent a car, you should have to show ID in order to vote,”

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Ridgewood NJ, In a rare moment of national consensus, a recent CNN poll has confirmed what many have suspected: a vast majority of Americans—over 80%—support mandatory photo identification for voting.

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Poll: 62% Don’t Think Voter ID Laws Discriminate

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Ridgewood NJ, despite all the media hyperbole according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just 29% of Likely U.S. Voters say laws requiring photo identification at the polls discriminate against some voters. Sixty-two percent (62%) say voter ID laws don’t discriminate. (To see survey question wording, click here.)Most voters say it’s more important to prevent cheating in elections than to make it easier to vote and, by more than a two-to-one margin, they reject claims that voter ID laws are discriminatory.

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Republican Congressional Candidate Rik Mehta: We Need National Voter ID Laws to Restore Confidence in Our Elections

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Chester NJ, Republican Candidate for Congress in the 7th Congressional District, Rik Mehta issued the following statement calling for New Jersey and the Federal government to implement common sense voting reforms.

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