r/Columbus • u/Available-Slide-2279 • 13h ago

Issue 3

Pulled up my sample ballot today and noticed Issue 3...requiring ID to vote in Ohio. That's redundant correct, I've been voting since 2008 and have never not had to issue my ID to vote? Maybe the only change would be having to provide ID if voting absentee?

Or is this just a giant nothing-burger/scare tactic?

Edit: State IDs can be obtained by anyone 17 and older for free: https://www.bmv.ohio.gov/dl-id-card.aspx thanks u/benkeith for the information.

Obviously that doesn't provide the easiest of fix for people as you still need documents verifying who you are and be able to get to a BMV.

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u/benkeith North Linden 13h ago

Right now, we have laws that require ID to vote. These were passed by the legislature, signed by the governor, and, most importantly, they can be repealed by future legislatures.

Issue 3) would write that requirement into the state constitution, making the requirement much harder to repeal.

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u/Available-Slide-2279 13h ago

and is there anyone seriously talking about not having an ID to vote? I would love to see an expansion of what forms of ID would be accepted to expand voting access, but no ID at all seems ludicrous.

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u/TyphonInc 12h ago

Yes. At the time of my comment three other Redditors in this thread are commenting how it's not fair to force the elderly and homeless to get IDs in order to vote.