Warner Misstates Virginia Voter ID Law, Drawing 3 GOP Challengers' Attacks

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 21

Three Republican Senate hopefuls in Virginia used Mark Warner’s ABC interview to question his credibility after Jon Karl corrected Warner’s claim that the state requires photo ID for voting.
Virginia does ask in-person voters for identification, but acceptable documents include non-photo items such as utility bills, bank statements and paychecks; voters without ID can sign a confirmation statement and cast a regular ballot.
Warner made the remark while arguing the SAVE Act could disenfranchise married women and other eligible voters, even as Karl cited polling showing 80% of Americans and 71% of Democrats support nationwide voter ID.
The clash folds into a broader fight over the SAVE Act, which would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for federal voter registration and is backed by Republicans as an election-security measure.