Election integrity measures like Voter ID are “common sense,” Rep. Andy Barr (R., Ky.), one of the House GOP’s fiercest election-integrity advocates, told the Washington Reporter.
“Voter ID is common sense and is supported by over 80 percent of the American public, including a majority of Democrat voters,” Barr said following his vote for the Save America Act, a bill that would require both proof of citizenship to register to vote in elections and the presentation of an ID to cast a ballot.
Barr’s Republican colleagues, like Rep. Bryan Steil (R., Wis.), the chair of the House Committee on Administration, have told the Reporter that current Voter ID laws are nonsensical.
“If you need an ID to board a plane, to buy a glass of bourbon, or even to buy certain types of cold medicine, you should need an ID to vote in federal elections. Anyone who opposes voter ID to safeguard the integrity of our elections is anti-American,” Barr echoed. Barr’s comments come as Senate Republicans debate whether to bring up the Save America act for a vote.
Barr is running for Senate to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.). The GOP primary is currently a three-way race between Barr, former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, and businessman Nate Morris.
President Trump has not yet endorsed any candidates in the race, however, Trump has shared op-eds that Barr authored in the Reporter on his Truth Social account, which is something that Barr has highlighted on the trail.
