About this resource:
Non-Systematic Review
Source: U.S. Government Accountability Office
Last Reviewed: February 2015
Workgroups: Social Determinants of Health Workgroup
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed issues related to voter ID laws. This report summarizes GAO’s review of the available literature and findings on:
- Voter’s ownership of and direct costs to obtain select IDs
- Analyses of available data regarding how, if at all, voter ID laws have affected turnout in select states
- To what extent provisional ballots were cast due to ID reasons in select states
- What challenges may exist in using available information to estimate the incidence of in-person voter fraud
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Suggested Citation
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U.S. Government Accountability Office. (2015). Elections: Issues Related to State Voter Identification Laws. Retrieved from https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-14-634.
