Voter ID

The GOP-majority legislature concurrently advanced major, related modifications of mail-in voting to an unrelated bill originally meant to get homeless Ohioans ID cards.

A bipartisan bill that started out as an avenue for homeless Ohioans to get free identifying documents like birth certificates and state ID cards has been fast tracked as it's turned into something else.

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.