Adding voter photo ID to the Ohio constitution makes it harder for a future lawmakers to change it

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Early voting in the Nov. 3 election has begun in Ohio with one statewide issue on the ballot -- Issue 3, to add a photo voter ID requirement to the Ohio Constitution. The Editorial Board Roundtable shares its thoughts. (Plain Dealer file)

Earlier this year, the Ohio Legislature by a three-fifths supermajority proposed a ballot issue to amend the Ohio Constitution to require a photo ID for voting. That issue is on the Nov. 3 ballot as State Issue 3. Photo voter ID’s are already required in Ohio law, but proponents argue that adding the requirement to the state constitution will make it harder for a future General Assembly to change or remove it from law, and they note that having a photo voter ID requirement to vote (with exceptions for religious reasons) is widely accepted by Americans.



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