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FRONTLINE Menu Watch Schedule Investigations Shop Search Shop Get Our Newsletter Subscribe Follow Frontline Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Tumblr Voting in Mississippi on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. This election marks the inaugural use of the states voter ID law. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Why Voter ID Laws Arent Rea

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A voter ID law is a law that requires some form of identification in order to vote or receive a ballot for an election . In the United States , voter ID laws are in place in thirty-three states. At the federal level, the Help America Vote Act requires a voter ID for all new voters in federal elections who registered by