Ohio adds new photo ID requirement for mail voting for 2027 election

Ohio Republicans put voter ID on November ballot — even though it’s already law

Ohio Republicans voted to put a measure on the November ballot that would enshrine the state’s existing photo ID requirement into the state constitution.

Ohio adds new photo ID requirement for mail voting for 2027 election

Ohioans soon will be required to provide a photo ID when voting by mail – a major change to a voting method that previously had been exempted from the strict voter ID requirement Republican lawmakers passed following the 2020 presidential election.

Voter ID Gets Major Boost From Ohio Legislature

The Ohio Legislature passed a bill that would require photo ID to be submitted starting in 2027 for absentee voters’ mail-in ballots. That’s in addition to what’s coming this November, when voters get the opportunity to enshrine Ohio’s current voter ID law into the state constitution. If Gov. Mike DeWine signs House Bill 472 into law, absentee voters will have to show ID beginning with the November 2027 election. A spokesperson for DeWine’s offi…

Ohio Voters To Decide on Constitutional Amendment Requiring Voter ID

Ohio already requires voter ID, but some Republicans argue the state’s constitution should be amended to protect it from shifting political winds.

Ohio Photo ID Constitutional Amendment Question Goes To Voters

While a good step toward greater ballot protection, conservative critics say the measures 'leave a lot of legal loopholes.'

Ohio lawmakers pass voter ID, Medicaid bills as data center measure stalls

COLUMBUS — Legislation on voter ID, Medicaid fraud, and capital appropriations passed through both chambers of the Ohio General Assembly on Wednesday ahead of lawmakers’ planned summer recess.