A very low percentage of ballots cast has failed to count based on the rules. County election offices can produce free voter ID cards. In North Carolina, Republicans pushed for voter ID for over a decade, saying it would discourage voter fraud and build confidence in elections. Critics say the threat of such fraud is extremely low and a voter ID mandate deters minority and low-income voters. “And I think it’s anti-American.”A 2013 voter ID law approved by the General Assembly was used by the state briefly in 2016 before federal judges struck it down.
