Vice President Kamala Harris’s long-standing opposition to voter ID laws has come under fire following a recent campaign rally in Arizona.
The event, held at Phoenix’s Desert Diamond Arena, required attendees to present government-issued identification to gain entry.
This requirement has sparked debate and drawn criticism from conservative commentators.
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee highlighted the apparent contradiction on social media. “Democrat Principles In Action: Requiring a government-issued ID to vote? Racist voter suppression!!! Requiring a government-issued ID to get into a Kamala Harris rally? Perfectly reasonable,” he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Harris has been a key figure in the Biden administration’s voting rights initiatives since 2021.
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In this role, she has frequently criticized laws that she believes create barriers to voting, including voter ID requirements.
During her own presidential campaign in 2019, Harris did support some election security measures, notably advocating for paper ballots. “Russia can’t hack a piece of paper,” she quipped at the time.
Just a reminder, Kamala Harris thinks that voter ID laws are completely pointless and that people in rural areas cannot photocopy their ID to prove who they are. pic.twitter.com/ARlZPaeRA8
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) July 28, 2024
The Vice President has been particularly vocal about Georgia’s election laws.
In 2021, she described new legislation in the state as a “renewed attempt to suppress the ability of people to vote.”
More recently, during a January visit to Atlanta, Harris criticized what she called “anti-voter laws” in Georgia, including restrictions on ballot drop boxes and bans on providing food and water to voters waiting in line.
These Georgia laws have faced legal challenges, with mixed results.
Kamala Harris requires ID to enter Arizona rally after painting voter ID laws as racisthttps://t.co/uBiQxbeify
— Larry Elder (@larryelder) August 12, 2024
A case brought by Stacey Abrams’s Fair Fight Inc. was unsuccessful, with U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones ruling that the state’s practices didn’t violate the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act.
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Similarly, a challenge from the U.S. Department of Justice to block parts of Georgia’s 2021 Election Integrity Act was rejected by U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee in October 2023.
