Voter ID passes in Nevada, North Carolina, and Ohio
Oklahoma voters approved a similar measure in August, as states write identification requirements into their constitutions.
Voters in Nevada, North Carolina, and Ohio approved constitutional amendments on voter identification Nov. 3, with unofficial results showing each passing with at least 59% of the vote.
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a backer of the amendment, wrote online that voters “have enshrined commonsense voter ID protections in our state constitution.”
Ohio’s Issue 3 passed with 65.33% of the electorate, or about 1.4 million votes, according to the secretary of state’s unofficial results. The amendment adds the state’s existing photo ID requirement to the constitution, so any future change would need voter approval.
In North Carolina, voters approved an amendment extending the constitution’s photo ID requirement to mail-in voting, 59.6% to 40.4%, a margin of almost 800,000 votes, the State Board of Elections’ unofficial results show.
Voters approved a 2018 amendment requiring photo ID at the polls, and a federal judge upheld it after a challenge by the NAACP.
Nevada’s Question 7 passed with 62.34% of the vote, with all 17 counties reporting, according to the secretary of state’s unofficial results as of Nov. 5. The amendment requires voters to present photo identification when voting in person or to provide certain personal information when voting by mail, the ballot question says. Voters approved the same measure in 2024 with 73% of the vote, and Nevada requires initiated constitutional amendments to pass in two consecutive elections.
In August, Oklahoma voters considered a similar measure called State Question 846. On Aug. 25 the question passed with 54.61% of the vote, or 292,599 votes to 243,159. The measure moves the state’s existing ID requirement, passed by voters in 2010, from statute into the constitution, and future changes would need voter approval.
The votes follow the U.S. Senate’s failure in June to reach the 60 votes needed to advance the SAVE America Act, which would require documentary proof of citizenship to register for federal elections and tighten mail-in voting rules. The Senate fell short on two procedural votes, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell, and Thom Tillis opposing at various points.
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