Ohio Photo Voter ID Amendment Prompts Pushback Across Political Spectrum

Ohio photo voter ID amendment prompts pushback across political spectrum

Some Ohio Republicans want to enshrine photo voter ID in the state constitution, but a hearing last week raised doubts about the effort. Requiring voters to show a government-issued photo ID at the polls is popular in opinion polls, and it’s been the law in Ohio since 2023. The new proposal would go before voters this November, and enshrine the requirement in the Ohio Constitution with a permanence well beyond the current statute. That doesn’t a…

Republicans deny ‘juicing’ votes as they attempt to put already existing law on midterm ballot

Ohio Senate President Rob McColley and Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman. (Photo by WEWS.)Ohioans of all kinds have come together to oppose an amendment to require voters to show photo ID at the polls. The resolution, created by Republican lawmakers, would enshrine already existing state law into the Constitution — but the leaders deny any political shenanigans to boost turnout in an election that may be better for Democrats. Statehouse Republican…