Every election I get a chance to visit a polling place or two.  This year I took over for some poll workers during Early Voting so they could have their breaks.  For the hundred or so voters I processed, every one of them presented me with their driver's license or CT-issued ID.  Some even had the letters we sent them when they registered to vote or changed their address.

When I talk to voters from across the spectrum they are surprised to know how "generous" the CT voter ID laws are.  We have people who vote with the credit card as ID (name and signature) or their Eversource bill (name and address) or their Costco card (name and photo).  A small handful of voters provide nothing, and just sign an affidavit that they are who they say they are.  You can see the specific ID rules for CT by clicking here.

I have personally only found a small minority of individuals who are enthusiastic about the ability to vote in CT with a Costco card.  But rarely do citizens get a chance to vote specifically on this issue.

So I was very interested when in Nevada last week voters approved a measure to require photo ID for voting.  By huge margins.  Consider that the Republican candidate for President won the state 50.6% to 47.5%.  The Democratic candidate for US Senate won the state 47.9% to 46.3%.  But the vote in favor of requiring photo ID won 73% to 27% according to The New York Times

This is just step one in the Nevada process.  Voters will vote on the measure a second time in 2026.  It's possible that second and final vote will be closer.  But 73% to 27% sends a pretty strong signal.

P.S.  Amusingly, when I went looking for a royalty-free picture of a Costco card, I found the picture used above on the FBI website.  It belonged to a member of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.