(Harrisburg) -- The state’s top election official says she’s in favor of a state law to require Pennsylvanians to show photo ID at the ballot box. Carol Aichele, the commonwealth’s Secretary of State, says her department aims to protect every Pennsylvanian’s right to vote. She says if a voter ID law were signed, a person would only be able to cast a ballot, in person or by mail, after proving three things. "His or her identity as a U.S. citizen, a resident of Pennsylvania, and 18 years or older," she says. "Those are the require...really, you only have three things you have to prove when you’re...the voting requirements are pretty, um, pretty generous." Aichele says 99 percent of Pennsylvanians already have government-issued photo IDs. She discussed the issue recently at the annual conference of state election officials, which was held in Lancaster County. In state House debate over the measure this spring, Democrats decried a voter ID requirement as an unnecessary barrier to voting. Former Governor Ed Rendell vetoed a 2006 bill to require voters to present identification.