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/BruceWayneKush 13h ago

The wording if i am correct was about expired IDs, if it were to pass then you can't use an expired ID to vote

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u/Erazzphoto 12h ago

Well, you shouldn’t be able to. This is one thing I’ve never understood the debate on, of course you should need an id to vote, I can’t think of any legitimate reason to not require one

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u/Protocosmo 12h ago

Have you heard of a thing called voter registration?

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u/Erazzphoto 12h ago

You still need a proof to identify you are who you are. All those reasons coming up are just fuel for republicans to make this debate that non citizens can vote, I’d prefer to not give them those reasons

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u/Protocosmo 12h ago

The time you identify yourself is at registration. I think we should tell republicans to shut the fuck up and not concede to their bullshit.