One-in-five photo voters vote, live in states requiring photo IDs to vote, but don't know it % of voters who
With less than a month to go before Election Day, not all American voters are aware of their states’ voter ID requirements. A new national survey finds that the confusion runs two ways: Some voters live in states that do not require identification to vote but think it is needed, while others living in states that do require IDs mistakenly believe they do not need one to vote.
About four-in-ten voters (37%) living in states with no identification requirement incorrectly believe that they will be required to show identification prior to voting, according to a survey conducted Sept. 27 to Oct. 10 among 3,616 registered voters on Pew Research Center’s nationally representative American Trends Panel. About six-in-ten (62%) in these states know they do not have to produce a photo ID to vote.
In the states that do require or request identification, more than three-quarters (77%) of voters know it is needed. However, about one-in-five voters (22%) in these states do not know a photo ID is needed, which may result in inconvenience or could prevent them from voting at all.
One-in-five photo voters vote, live in states requiring  | photo IDs to vote, but don't know it  | % of voters who  | Believe ID is Do not believe ID  | required to vote is req uired to vote  | In states where  | voter IDis  | Not needed  | 37  | 62  | Requested or  | 77  | 22  | required  | Notes: Based on registered voters State voter identification  | requirements are based upon a listcompiled by the National  | Conference Survey ofState Legislatures. Sept. listcompiled 27-0ct  | Source: Survey conducted Sept. 27-0ct 10. 2016.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 