this year marked the first time the state required North Carolinians to present a photo ID to vote in the presidential election now some people are saying on social media that voter ID requirements played a major role in Donald Trump beating kamla Harris Paul spay checks that claim for PolitiFact did KLA Harris lose in every state that requires voter ID well that's what some people are saying on social media take a look you won't believe this kamla lost every state that requires voter ID comma one every state that does not require voter ID is that right
was the Electoral College split by states that do and don't require voter ID no actually first let's look at the states that either request a require that voters present a photo ID to vote that includes North Carolina you can see Trump did win most of them but not all of them Harris won Rhode Island up there where people have to use a provisional ballot to vote if they don't bring a photo ID election officials then determine whether that voter is eligible using a signature matching system voter ID laws are different in every state more than
a dozen states require voters to present an ID but they don't necessarily require a photo you can see in those States both candidates had success actually now what about those states that don't require any ID well Harris did win most of those but Trump won a couple of states too and they were big Nevada and Pennsylvania so clearly the notion that voter ID law somehow determine the outcome of the election are not reflected in these results and that's why the truth metero claims false read our full fact check at w.com
