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James Lankford: “There are already 36 states that say you have to show an ID.”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

Lankford Speaks on the Senate Floor on the SAVE America Act

Published March 23, 2026 | Video Starts at 03:58

Then the second part of it, pretty simple. You have to show ID to vote. Now, 36 states already have this requirement. Let me just run through what this means. There are already 36 states that say you have to show an ID. Now, some of them are very narrow that they say you've got to have a specific type of photo ID on that. That's Arkansas, that's Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin. (03:58–04:04)

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Reiterates that 36 states require ID for voting.

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