Poll Finds 76 Percent Of Ohio Voters Support Enshrining Photo ID In State Constitution

The Federalist ^ | June 8, 2026 | M.D. Kittle

[Twotone]

Ohio voters could decide in November whether they want to enshrine its photo ID law into the state constitution. A new poll suggests the voter verification protection is very popular in the Buckeye State — as it is throughout the country.

Last week, Ohio’s Republican-controlled state Senate easily passed (22-9) a joint resolution that would send a constitutional amendment ballot question to voters. Every Democrat voted against the measure.

The resolution now moves to the GOP-led House, where it must pass with a three-fifths majority. Republicans have the votes, but some conservatives want to see photo ID for absentee ballots enshrined in Ohio’s constitution as well. That likely will have to be a battle for a different day.

Ohio’s photo ID law went into effect in 2023. The Buckeye State is among 10 states that exclusively require individuals to show photo ID to vote in elections, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Wisconsin voters last year overwhelmingly approved enshrining photo ID at the polls in their state constitution.

Following Wednesday’s vote, Ohio Senate President Rob McColley told reporters that he expects the ballot question will receive overwhelming support, asserting it’s “the type of protection that voters want to see in the system.”

They sure do.

76 Percent

Over the weekend, Honest Elections Project Action released a poll that found 86 percent of likely Ohio voters surveyed believe that photo ID should be required to vote at the polls. It’s a bipartisan issue, with photo ID backed by 99 percent of Republicans polled, 90 percent of independents, and 69 percent of Democrats.

And the poll found 76 percent of respondents would vote for a constitutional amendment requiring voters to show photo ID — 54 percent strongly in favor.

“The Ohio House should quickly pass SJR 10, sending a ballot issue to voters to make voter ID permanent by enshrining it into the state constitution,” Jason Snead, executive director of Honest Elections Project Action, said in a statement to The Federalist. “The Buckeye State deserves to have honest elections where it’s easy to vote and hard to cheat.”

Honest Elections questioned 800 respondents from May 27 to June 2. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.46 percent.

The poll also found 70 percent of likely voters questioned said they would vote for an amendment requiring mail-in voters write their driver’s license number or the last four digits of the Social Security number on the ballot, and 69 percent would back an amendment requiring mail ballots include a copy of the voter’s ID.

Here’s another important number for the GOP in a midterm election year traditionally not kind to the party in power: 86 percent of the poll’s respondents said they’d be more likely to vote in November — 52 percent much more likely — if the constitutional amendment question were on the ballot.

Ohio has a critical U.S Senate race, pitting incumbent Republican John Husted against far-left former Sen. Sherrod Brown. The Democrat lost his seat two years ago to Republican Bernie Moreno.

‘The Nationwide Standard’

Ohio’s Senate did what the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate has failed to do: pass photo ID legislation.

Last week, Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Thom Tills, R-N.C., helped kill an effort to pass the SAVE America Act. The Senate’s biggest RINOs joined Democrats to stop a move to advance the bill requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote in U.S. elections and photo ID to cast a ballot in them. They voted against attaching the measure to the $70 billion reconciliation bill to fund federal immigration law enforcement.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has repeatedly said he doesn’t have the votes to nuke the filibuster to get around the 60-vote threshold to pass the bill. Senate Republican leadership, allergic to work and political courage, don’t have the stones to fight for passage of the critical election integrity bill via the talking filibuster, which would force Democrats hold the floor and continuously debate to prevent a vote on a bill that is four times more popular than Congress.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: ohio; voterid

[Leaning Right]

> Ohio voters could decide in November whether they want to enshrine its photo ID law into the state constitution. <

Excellent. But of course then some liberal federal judge will strike it down.

Then off to the Supreme Court we go.

[Bon of Babble]

The results of not having to show ID to vote are evident in California, where enough ballots were “found” - four weeks after the election - for the Communist Raman to knock Spencer Pratt out of the general election:

“Roughly 80% to 84% of Americans support requiring photo identification to vote, according to multiple recent polls.”

Yet we have Democrats AND Four Republicans who are opposing the SAVE ACT: Republicans: Susan Collins (Maine), Mitch McConnell (Kentucky), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), and Thom Tillis (North Carolina).

Maybe Collins deserves to lose to the Nazi.

[mewzilla]

Does Ohio use RCV-enabled electronic voting machines...?

Because if it does, photo ID won’t stop election fraud.

[gwjack]

The proposal deals with the act of voting. The SAVE act was for registration. We have had requirement for phot ID to vote in Oklahoma for several years. On a whim, I showed my concealed carry license once. Poll workers immediately got on the phone as they had never seen one before. But it is government issued and has a photo.

Again, to repeat, the SAVE act is dealing with registration. That is why the Dems oppose it so strongly.

Gwjack

[PermaRag]

This is very good. Because the chance to vote on photo ID may inspire more Republicans to cast a ballot.

And they need every vote they can get, with a repulsive H1-B stooge at the top of the GOP ticket for Governor, and a Senate race where the practically unknown incumbent (R) is sinking against the much better-known (yet complete piece of shit) ex-Senator (D).

Like in 2018, it’s highly possible that people who insist Ohio is “deep dark crimson burgundy maroon red” will find that the only “red” in on their own faces once the results come in.

[gibsonguy]

If nothing else, it will help Republican turnout. The rats have been killing us with November ballot initiatives especially abortion.

[Sicon]

Wow. Who knew that Ohio was such a bunch of racists?

[EQAndyBuzz]

I have an idea. Vote by county. Most counties won gets the electoral votes. Same with the senate. Leave the house alone. This prevents cheating. As an example, let’s say LA county asts 20 million votes for Beccara but Hilton wins more counties. He would won’t the governorship. The cheating is minimized. Then it could be addressed accordingly.