Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times Poll For release: Thursday, August 23, 2012 3:00 AM EDT

**ALL RESULTS ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL THURSDAY, AUGUST 23rd at 3am EDT **
Voter ID Laws: Florida, Ohio, and Wisconsin Voters Views
August 15- August 21, 2012

Some states have recently enacted new requirements for voting. Most likely voters in Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin say those new rules wont affect their ability to vote, but in Florida and Ohio, Democrats and African American voters are more apt to say it will be harder for them to cast a ballot this year. About one in 10 voters in each state expect that changes to voting and registration rules will make it harder for them to vote; majorities in each state say those new rules wont affect them. How Will Changes in Your States Voting Rules Affect You? (Among likely voters) FL OH WI Will make it harder to vote 11% 12% 11% Will make it easier to vote 7 5 4 Wont make a difference 77 78 82 But certain groups of voters have higher expectations that they will be adversely affected by the new voting laws. Roughly one in five Democrats in Ohio and Florida expect it will be harder for them to vote. 25% of African American voters in Ohio, and 20% in Florida, say the same. OHIO: How Will Changes in Your States Voting Rules Affect You? (Among OH likely voters) Reps Dems Inds Whites Blacks Will make it harder to vote 1% 22% 10% 10% 25% Will make it easier to vote 5 5 5 4 12 Wont make a difference 90 68 83 81 58 FLORIDA: How Will Changes in Your States Voting Rules Affect (Among FL likely voters) Reps Dems Inds Whites Blacks Will make it harder to vote 3% 23% 7% 10% 20% Will make it easier to vote 6 8 5 5 15 Wont make a difference 85 67 81 81 63 Photo ID Majorities of voters in all three states support requiring voters to show a photo ID card to vote. Show Photo ID to Vote (Among likely voters) FL OH WI Support 78% 75% 66% Oppose 20 23 32 You? Hispanics 14% 9 69

Fewer Democrats and African American likely voters in Ohio and Florida support this requirement, and about four in 10 in each group oppose it. Voter Roll Purge In Florida there has been an effort by the state to remove people from the states voter rolls who may not be US citizens and therefore are not eligible to vote. Two in three likely voters in Florida think this is being done to prevent ineligible people from voting; 28% think it is being done to suppress voting by certain demographic groups who are eligible to vote. FLORIDA: Efforts to Remove Voters from the Rolls are (Among FL likely voters) To prevent ineligible people from voting 65% To suppress voting by certain groups 28 Again, there are differences by partisanship and by race on this question. FLORIDA: Efforts to Remove Voters from the Rolls are (Among FL likely voters) Reps Dems Inds Whites Blacks Hispanics To prevent ineligible people from voting 90% 39% 70% 72% 46% 55% To suppress voting by certain groups 7 53 22 23 44 35 The Rules Voters in Florida are currently required to show a photo ID to vote. However, if a voter does not have a photo ID with them, they can vote by provisional ballot. If the signature on their ballot matches the signature on their voter registration records, then the vote should be counted. In Ohio, voters are required to show identification to vote, but do not need to show a photo ID. There is photo ID legislation pending in Ohios state legislature. There have also been efforts in Ohio to shorten the period in which voters can vote early. In Wisconsin, a photo ID requirement passed the state legislature but was overruled by a state judge. In 2011, a law went into effect requiring voters to be residents of the state 28 days before an election; it was previously 10 days. ________________________________________________________________________
This poll was conducted by telephone from Quinnipiac Universitys interviewing facility August 15-21, 2012. The number of likely voters interviewed in each state is 1,241 in Florida, 1,253 in Ohio and 1,190 in Wisconsin. In all three states, phone numbers were dialed from samples of both standard land-line and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the sample in each state could be plus or minus three percentage points in Florida, Ohio, and in Wisconsin. The error for subgroups may be higher. This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.

QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY/CBS NEWS/NEW YORK TIMES POLL Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin August 15-21, 2012 37. Do you think changes in your state's voting and registration rules might make it harder for you to vote this year, easier for you to vote this year, or don't you think changes in your state's voting and registration rules will make a difference? ** TOTAL LIKELY VOTERS ** FL OH WI 11% 12% 11% 7 5 4 77 78 82 5 5 3

Harder to vote Easier to vote No diff DK/NA

38. As you may know, there have been efforts in some states to require voters to show a photo identification card to vote. Some people say this is needed to prevent people from voting who are not eligible to vote. Other people say such efforts are designed to suppress voting by low-income people and minorities. What do you think, do you support or oppose efforts to require voters to show a photo identification card to vote? Support Oppose DK/NA FL 78% 20 2 OH 75% 23 2 WI 66% 32 2

38a. (In Florida) As you may know, there has been an effort by the state of Florida to remove people from the state's voter rolls who may not be U.S. citizens and, therefore, are not eligible to vote. Which comes closer to your view about this effort? This is being done mostly to prevent people from voting who are not eligible to do so, OR This is being done mostly to suppress voting by certain demographic groups who are eligible to vote? Prevent ineligible Suppress voting DK/NA FL 65% 28 7 OH n/a n/a n/a WI n/a n/a n/a

SAMPLE SIZES: Total MoE (+/-%) TOTAL LIKELY VOTERS FL OH WI 1241 1253 1190 3pts 3pts 3pts

PARTY IDENTIFICATION: TOTAL LIKELY VOTERS FL OH WI 28% 26% 28% 34 34 32 32 34 33 4 4 5 2 2 1

Republican Democrat Independent Other DK/NA