The View co-host Sunny Hostin has claimed that voter ID laws disproportionately harm Black Americans and women, while asserting that fewer voter restrictions would allow more people to participate.
During an episode of The View‘s official podcast, Behind the Table, Hostin discussed how voter ID laws make it difficult for poor people to vote.
“The reason Democrats don’t want voter ID is because they make it much more difficult for elderly people, people who don’t travel… poor people don’t have cars, don’t have driver’s licenses,” Hostin claimed.
“It’s sort of a vestige, I think, of post-slavery laws where black people had to prove their right to vote, and oftentimes they couldn’t vote because they couldn’t pass some crazy test.”
Hostin then argued that women are also adversely affected by voter ID laws because their passports may “reflect something that’s different on your birth certificate or on your driver’s license.”
“Really the bottom line is voter suppression,” Hostin declared.
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Currently, 35 states require identification to cast votes, with 23 of those requiring identification that includes a photograph.
Earlier this month, Wisconsin voters enshrined the state’s voter ID law in its constitution—a major win for Republicans and advocates of election integrity.
Wisconsin requires voters to present a valid photo ID to cast a ballot. The recent approval elevates this requirement to the level of a constitutional amendment.
State Senator Van Wanggaard, a co-author of the measure, said earlier this year:
“I am unwilling to let this basic election integrity measure be overturned by the state Supreme Court.”
“The only way to ensure this stays the law of the land is to put it in the constitution.”
The measure, which cleared two consecutive legislative sessions in the GOP-controlled Wisconsin Assembly and Senate, specifies that voters must provide “valid photographic identification” but does not outline specific acceptable forms of ID.
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to celebrate the victory:
“VOTER ID. JUST APPROVED IN WISCONSIN ELECTION. Democrats fought hard against this, presumably so they can CHEAT. This is a BIG WIN FOR REPUBLICANS, MAYBE THE BIGGEST WIN OF THE NIGHT. IT SHOULD ALLOW US TO WIN WISCONSIN, LIKE I JUST DID IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, FOR MANY YEARS TO COME!”
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Hostin should be happy that there is no minimum IQ requirement for voting.