Sen Mark Warner called out in ABC interview for inaccurate voter ID claims

ABC News host Jonathan Karl challenged Sen.Mark Warner, D-Va., on Sunday over whether Virginia requires photo identification to vote as the pair debated Democratic opposition to the SAVE America Act.Karl began the exchange by asking Warner whether his party should support national photo identification requirements for voter registration and voting, citing broad bipartisan public support for the policy."Now, I understand that you and I think every other Democrat opposed this so-called SAVE America Act.

And there's a lot of reasons that you've put forward.But let me ask you very narrowly on the issue of photo I.D., requiring photo I.D.

to register to vote, to vote.Is this something that Democrats should get behind?" Karl asked on "This Week."ABC’s Jon Karl challenged Sen.

Mark Warner after he claimed Virginia has voter and photo ID requirements.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)SENATE FACES 'COME-TO-JESUS' MOMENT ON TRUMP'S ELECTION PRIORITY UNDER GOP'S NEW PLANKarl then cited statistics on support for the SAVE America Act and Warner pointed to the rules in his home state and began describing his own experience before the ABC News host interrupted him."You know what? In Virginia, we have voter I.D.

and photo I.D.," Warner said. "That's actually not the case," Karl said."I mean, I'm a Virginia voter.

You don't need to show a photo I.D.in Virginia.

There are wide range of things you can show for I.D., and if you don't show one of those, you can sign an affidavit saying, attesting-" "You can sign an affidavit," Warner said.Karl said an affidavit was not required."Those become ballots that, if you want to contest later, can be contested.But…we have voter I.D.

of one form or another," Warner said.Warner argued Virginia has "voter ID of one form or another" despite the state allowing non-photo documents.(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)TONY DOKOUPIL CLASHES WITH MARK WARNER AFTER THE SENATOR RIPPED CBS FOR AIRING TRUMP SPEECH ‘AS NEWS’Un...