Andy Besher, the Governor of Kentucky, vetoed legislation that mandates Kentucky voters to provide photo ID prior to placing their votes for the upcoming 2020 presidential election as well as every election thereafter.

On April 3, 2020, Governor Besher announced his veto of legislation that required producing a photo ID to be able to cast a ballot.

In Beshear’s opinion, the need for a voter to be required to produce a valid ID is an unnecessary obstacle that will result in less voters getting out and voting. Oddly enough, research and data prove the Democrat wrong. For Alabama’s 2018 vote (which had/has a mandatory voter ID law in place), black supporters swarmed the ballots to get Doug Jones elected to his seat in the U.S. Senate.

In his notice, Beshear wrote, “I am vetoing Senate Bill 2 because the provisions of the law would create an obstacle to the ability of Kentuckians to exercise their right to vote, resulting in fewer people voting and undermining our democracy. Furthermore, no documented evidence of recent voter fraud in the form of impersonation in Kentucky has been presented.”

In January, Ipsos and the Washington Times conducted a poll asking black Americans 18+ years if they had ever felt that they had been a victim of voter suppression any time in the last decade. Around 92% of the people polled stated they had never experienced any form of voter suppression in the previous ten years.

It is highly probable that Beshear’s veto will be overturned by the Republican-controlled Senate and House, as both had already passed the ID requirement.

Just last December, Beshear gave voting rights back to over 140,000 convicted felons. The felons he had restored voting rights to were convicted of non-violent crimes.