Voter-ID requirements are the norm in many countries, Out of nearly 200 countries across the world, at least 170 have some form of national ID

Voter-ID requirements are the norm in many countries, as Republicans are fond of pointing out. But so are national ID cards. In places such as France and Germany, citizens pick up their identity card when they turn 16 and present it once they’re eligible to vote. Out of nearly 200 countries across the world, at least 170 have some form of national ID or are implementing one, according to the political scientist Magdalena Krajewska.

tHE REFUSAL BY THE US to adopt identity cards for Elections opens it up

to charges of being a third world country