Voter ID

A rushed effort to ask voters whether to amend Ohio’s constitution and add existing voter identification requirements is likely on deck for final votes Wednesday.

Under existing law, Ohioans generally need a state driver’s license or ID card, a United States passport or passport card or a military ID to do so.

Ohio lawmakers want to put Ohio's current voter ID law on the ballot this fall so voters can codify it in the Ohio Constitution.

The heads of both the Ohio House and Senate want voters to decide whether to codify their existing ID requirements in the state constitution this November.

The issue could be on the November ballot at the same time as the Republican running for governor, who also supports photo ID requirements for voting.

A group that wants to get rid of new Ohio laws requiring voters to show photo ID and limiting ballot drop boxes to one per county has resubmitted its amendment to do that and more, after it was rejected by the attorney general last month.

Ohio voters now must show photo ID. Elections officials are worried that some voters might be turned away if they bring identification that has expired.

A new Ohio voter I.D. law will make it difficult for college students who live in Ohio, but came from another state to vote in their local elections.

The House and Senate are working on a couple of bills that would change voting rules, including a proposed requirement for a photo ID in order to vote.On this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss whether such measures are solutions in search of a problem. Mia Lewis from Common Cause Ohio joins the show.

A collection of voter rights and community organizations is calling on lawmakers to reject certain provisions of bills that would change Ohio’s elections laws.