The Potential Impact of Voter Identification Laws on Transgender Voters in the 2024 General Election

The Potential Impact of Voter Identification Laws on Transgender Voters in the 2024 General Election RESEARCH THAT MATTERS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF VOTER IDENTIFICATION LAWS ON TRANSGENDER VOTERS in the 2024 General Election September 2024 Jody L. [...] The Williams Institute analyzed voter ID laws across the United States in the lead-up to the November 2024 general election. [...] Each election year since 2012, the Williams Institute has released reports on the potential impact of voter ID laws on transgender voters in the United States.7 These reports describe the problems transgender people may face when voting in states with voter ID laws, particularly those with the strictest voter ID laws that require photo identification and do not offer alternatives to confirm a pers. [...] Voters in approximately 27 states will face new restrictions for the 2024 general election that were not present for the 2020 general election.9 Additionally, since our 2022 report, we have updated how we define the voter ID laws of three states because of a change to their voter identification requirements.10 We use the most current estimates of the size of the transgender population across the U. [...] Without voter registration information and, in voter ID states, required identification that matches the gender of the voter (either in name, gender marker, or both), poll workers tasked with assessing the identity of potential voters may find that a transgender voter’s name on the voter registration rolls, required ID (if applicable), and appearance do not match.