Ballot measure · Ohio · November 3, 2026

Issue 3

Title as the state lists it: TO REQUIRE VOTERS TO PRESENT PHOTO IDENTIFICATION IN ORDER TO VOTE1,2,3,4

Research draftReferred by the legislatureConstitutional amendment
How it got there
Referred by the legislature
Kind of measure
Constitutional amendment
To pass
A majority of the votes on it
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A yes vote

A yes vote would add to the constitution a rule that voters show unexpired government-issued photo identification (an Ohio driver's license or state ID card, a U.S. passport or passport card, or a U.S. military, Ohio National Guard or Veterans Affairs ID) to vote in person, with an alternative allowed for people with a sincere religious objection to being photographed, and that voters using other methods, such as mail, provide photo identification or, where state law allows, a signature plus another unique identifier.1,3 Proposed Art. V, § 5(A)–(C)

A no vote

A no vote would leave voter identification out of the constitution, so the rules would stay in state law, which the General Assembly can change and which now requires photo identification from voters at the polling place and lets a voter without it cast a provisional ballot.3,5 R.C. 3505.18(A)

More about it

If approved, the amendment takes effect immediately.1,3 Effective date

§2How it got on the ballot

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,2,3,4

Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.1,2,3,4

The General Assembly proposed this amendment by joint resolution (Substitute Senate Joint Resolution 10 of the 136th General Assembly), which would add a new Section 5 to Article V of the Ohio Constitution.1,3,4

It is on Ohio's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,2,6,7,8 None of the official sources we read calls the list certified or final, so we don’t either. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Ohio's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A majority of the votes on it. The amendment passes if a majority of the voters who vote on it vote yes.1,9 Ohio Const. art. XVI, § 1