False claim new no-ID voters are ‘skyrocketing’ in Texas, Pennsylvania, Arizona Fact check

The claim: Two million people have registered to vote without photo ID in Texas, Pennsylvania and Arizona in 2024

An April 3 Facebook post ( direct link , archive link ) purports to share facts about newly registered voters in the U.S.

“The number of voters registering without a photo ID is SKYROCKETING in 3 key swing states: Arizona, Texas, and Pennsylvania,” the post reads in part. It continues:

Since the start of 2024:TX: 1,250,710 PA: 580,513 AZ: 220,731.

A similar post on X, formerly Twitter, was reposted 25,000 times.

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Our rating: False

This post drastically overstates the number of new registrations – regardless of identification type. New registrations between the three states totaled less than 200,000 when this post was made, about 10% of the number claimed. The post appears to be based on a misunderstanding of a federal database.

Post falsely presents inflated voter registration numbers for 2024

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