Trump's voter ID praise follows Gyanesh Kumar - Sergio Gor meet

Recently, US President Donald Trump commended India’s voter ID system after a meeting between Indian election official Gyanesh Kumar and US Ambassador Sergio Gor. Kumar detailed the extensive issuance of photo identity cards and impressive voter turnout in India. He emphasized that the rigorous examination of elections

A White House factsheet on the proposed new U.S. legislation says India and Brazil had linked voter identity cards to a biometric database, while the U.S. system relied on self-attestation by voters

Trump noted that not even one per cent of voters in India used postal ballots in the recent general elections, and every voter had a valid photo identity document.