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hjr9_00_IN
As Introduced
136th
General Assembly
Regular
Session
H. J. R. No. 9
2025-2026
Representatives
Workman, Bird
A
J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
Proposing
to enact Section 5 of Article V of the Constitution of the State of
Ohio
to
require identification to vote.
Be
it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio,
three-fifths of the members elected to each house concurring herein,
that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state, in the
manner prescribed by law at the general election to be held on
November 3, 2026, a proposal to enact Section 5 of Article V of the
Constitution of the State of Ohio to read as follows:
ARTICLE
V
Section
5.
(A)(1)
Electors shall provide identification in order to vote, in accordance
with laws passed by the general assembly. The laws shall include a
requirement that an elector show the elector's photo identification
when voting in person at a polling place or other voting location
designated by law, except as otherwise provided in divisions (A)(2)
and (3) of this section.
(2)
The laws shall provide an alternative method of verifying the
identity of an elector who does not have photo identification because
the elector has a sincere religious objection to being photographed.
(3)
The laws shall permit an elector who does not show photo
identification at the time of voting in person to cast a provisional
ballot and provide photo identification to the election officials by
a deadline specified by law in order for the provisional ballot to be
eligible to be counted.
(B)
For purposes of division (A) of this section, "photo
identification" means one of the following documents that is
issued by an agency of this state or the United States, includes the
elector's name and photograph, and is not expired:
(1)
A driver's license or state identification card issued by the Ohio
bureau of motor vehicles or its successor agency;
(2)
A United States passport or passport card;
(3)
A United States military identification card, an Ohio national guard
identification card, or an identification card issued by the United
States department of veterans affairs or its successor agency;
(4)
Another document authorized by the general assembly by law for use as
photo identification for voting purposes.
(C)
Nothing in this section requires the general assembly to pass laws
allowing electors to vote in any location or manner other than in
person at a polling place on the day of an election.
EFFECTIVE
DATE
If
adopted by a majority of the electors voting on this proposal,
Section 5 of Article V of the Constitution of the State of Ohio
enacted by this proposal shall take effect immediately.