Seventy-four percent of state residents would approve of legislation requiring voters to show photo identification before voting.
Nearly three quarters of North Carolina residents would support a state law requiring voters to show some sort of photo identification before they are allowed to vote, according to the latest ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Poll.
The poll, conducted March 26-29, 2012, surveyed 534 North Carolina residents and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.24 percentage points. The sample is of the population in general, with numbers that include both landlines and cellular phones. The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Poll does not restrict respondents by voter eligibility or likelihood of voting.
Twenty-four percent of respondents in the latest poll oppose such a law. Two percent of respondents said they didn’t know how they felt.
“Last year, the General Assembly passed a voter photo ID law and our governor vetoed it,” said John Robinson, director of communications for the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Poll. “It’s likely that the legislature will bring it up again next month in an attempt to override the veto. It appears they can do it, knowing that a majority of North Carolinians are behind them.”