Editing Voter suppression (section)

=== Identification ===
[[Photo identification]] requirements to vote can disenfranchise many voters especially the young, elderly, lower-income people, recently [[Transgender|transitioned]] individuals, people of color, recently married women and people with disabilities. Additionally, the implementation of signature-matching processes, especially for mail-in ballots, can also be done so strictly as to suppress orders of magnitude more votes than the actual fraud that it prevents.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-02 |title=Signature Match Laws Disproportionately Impact Voters Already on the Margins |url=https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/signature-match-laws-disproportionately-impact-voters-already-margins |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=American Civil Liberties Union}}</ref>
The Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement at The University of Maryland estimates that 15% of adult American either lack driver's licenses or state IDs or have IDs that may not meet strict photo ID voting law requirements.<ref name="Andres et al 25">{{cite web |last1=Rothschild |first1=Jillian Andres |last2=Novey |first2=Samuel B |last3=Hanmer |first3=Michael J |title=Who Lacks ID in America Today? An Exploration of Voter ID Access, Barriers, and Knowledge |url=https://cdce.umd.edu/sites/cdce.umd.edu/files/pubs/Voter%20ID%202023%20survey%20Key%20Results%20Jan%202024%20%281%29.pdf |website=Center for Democracy and Civil Engagement |publisher=University of Maryland |access-date=30 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324082414/https://cdce.umd.edu/sites/cdce.umd.edu/files/pubs/Voter%20ID%202023%20survey%20Key%20Results%20Jan%202024%20(1).pdf |archive-date=24 March 2025 |date=January 2024}}</ref> A solution implemented in a number of countries is to automatically send free ID cards to all its citizens.<ref name=":1" />