As voters in at least six states decide whether to require voter ID, ChatGPT was the only top AI model to answer “No” when MRC researchers asked OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Anthropic Claude, Meta AI and xAI Grok whether people should have to show a photo ID to vote. ChatGPT dismissed arguments for voter ID and election security, conceded that “photo ID can help verify identity,” cited that “in-person voter impersonation is rare,” warned that older adults, low-income individuals and people with disabilities “may have difficulty obtaining a qualifying photo ID,” and suggested states could offer free photo IDs and allow alternatives such as signing an affidavit, while calling for identity verification. Anthropic and Google’s models did not give a specific yes or no answer; Gemini wrote that “there is no single consensus answer,” and Claude said “I won't give a one-word yes or no on this one,” calling voter ID “a live, contested question.” President Donald Trump’s SAVE America Act, which passed the House in February but did not clear the Senate, would require voters in every state to show government-issued photo ID to vote in federal elections. In an October 2024 Gallup poll, 84% of U.S. adults said they favor “requiring all voters to provide photo identification at their voting place in order to vote,” including 98% of Republicans, 84% of independents and 67% of Democrats; thirty-six states