Of 47 nations surveyed ,all but one has adopted Voter ID requirements. The one exception is UK .But in UK Northern Ireland has voter ID and many localities require it . Boris Johnson has introduced legislation to bring the UK into the 21st century.
Why Do Most Countries Require Photo Voter IDs?: They Have Seen Massive Vote Fraud Problems by John R. Lott :: SSRN
But here in the US ,attempts at requiring voter ID are met with charges of racism. Are all the European nations also racists because they require ID's ?
The survey also shows that 74% of the Euro nations ban absentee balloting domestically . 6% limit it to those hospitalized or in the military, and they require third-party verification and a photo voter ID. Another 15% require a photo ID for absentee voting.
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The Aussies are looser . They don't require photo ID to vote .But they do to register to vote . France banned mail in voting in 1975 because of massive fraud in Corsica, where postal ballots were stolen or bought and others were cast in the names of dead people. Mexico ;after an election was clearly stolen in 1991 ,mandated voter photo IDs with biometric information, banned absentee ballots, and required in person voter registration. Despite making registration much more difficult and banning absentee ballots.... despite all these restrictions ,voter participation rose in Mexico .There is no basis to the claim that verifying voters suppresses the vote.
Likewise ,American states that instituted voter ID showed no significant differences in voter turn out .Instead ,Black and minority voter registration rates INCREASED faster than whites after states implemented voter ID requirements for registration.
Riley-The_Myth_of_Voter_Suppression-Transcript.pdf (ctfassets.net)