Vote No on the Voter Photo ID Constitutional Amendment

Vote no on the joint resolution to enshrine voter photo ID in the Ohio constitution. Ohio already passed a photo ID law in 2022 — this amendment adds nothing except a constitutional foothold for future restrictions. The language as written could be used to eliminate early voting and mail-in ballots down the road, and McColley's reassurances that there are "no plans" to do so are not a legal guarantee. Words in a constitution are. This is a solution in search of a problem. Dave Yost's office received 600 voter fraud referrals and produced six indictments — involving votes cast between 2008 and 2020. That's not a crisis justifying a constitutional amendment. It's a political maneuver designed to energize a base ahead of an election, with Vivek Ramaswamy and McColley both running statewide and publicly championing this effort. Ohioans deserve election policy driven by evidence, not campaign strategy. The three-fifths threshold exists for a reason — to prevent the constitution from being used as a partisan tool. Don't let this resolution clear that bar. Vote no.