Karl Corrects Warner on Virginia’s Voter ID in SAVE Act Debate
In a This Week exchange, ABC's Jon Karl challenged Sen. Mark Warner over Virginia's voter ID rules, correcting Warner's claim that the state requires photo ID; Virginia allows IDs including non-photo documents and an ID Confirmation Statement for in-person voting, with provisional ballots if no ID is shown. Warner argued for broader, uniformly applied government-issued IDs but warned the SAVE America Act—a federal standard requiring citizenship proof to register and photo ID to vote—could disenfranchise voters. The discussion referenced a Pew survey showing national support for photo ID and noted the House's initial passage of the SAVE Act.