# S. 5271 (119th): A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voters to provide photo identification.

A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voters to provide photo identification.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: civil_order. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: election_integrity. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: voter_id. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: voting_access. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 231: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 5271. Vote type: cloture.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure combines a prudential goal of verifying voter identity and protecting election integrity with real concerns about possible burdens on eligible voters, including access for the poor, elderly, and disabled and the practical effect of short cure deadlines. It does not directly advance a named moral harm, nor does it directly restrain one. Under the framework, this is an ordinary civil-policy dispute best classed as mixed rather than as a hard moral verdict.
Theological note: This bill bears on the civil ethics of honest, orderly elections and the equitable treatment of citizens in the franchise. Scripture's concern for truthful weights and measures and for justice toward the poor and vulnerable makes both election integrity and equal access to the vote relevant considerations. The religious-objection accommodation touches conscience. This is issue relevance only, not a final candidate judgment; the central dispute is a prudential question about how best to secure fair and accurate elections.

## Recorded votes

Roll 231: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 5271. Yea 52 · Nay 46 · Other 2.

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