Voter ID Support Surges: Rep. Figures Faces Town Hall Reality

0:00US representative, Shomari Figures, a Democrat from Mobile, hit a snag at a two-day evening town hall when she tried to slam voter ID laws as Barriers for certain groups. She straight up asked the crowd a true vine, missionary Baptist Church, who didn't have any ID, figuring hands would shoot up to back her point. But zero hands went up, leaving her to pivot with, everybody has an ID, so let's think different. A fresh Pew Research Center poll backs that up, with 83% of Americans favoring government issued photo ID at the polls, and even 71% of Democrats on board. This exchange underscores how voter ID enjoys wide support across the board, flipping the script on all disenfranchisement arguments. This has been Birmingham News Today, powered by AI.