SJR 10 — CA: Require identification to vote

As(136th AdoptedGeneralAssembly) by(Substitute Senate Joint Resolution Number 10) AJOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to enact Section 5 of Article V of the SenateConstitution 136thof Generalthe AssemblyState Regularof SessionOhio Sub.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 ofArticle V of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to read as follows:

ARTICLE V Section 5.

(A) Electors shall provide photo identification in order to vote in person at a polling place or other voting location designated by law, in accordance with laws passed by the general assembly, except that the laws may 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.

(B) At a minimum, and in accordance with laws passed by the general assembly, electors shall provide photo identification or, if authorized by law, a signature and at least one other unique identifier in order to vote by any other method authorized by law.

(C)As used in this section:

(1) "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:

(a) A driver's license or state identification card issued by the Ohio bureau of motor vehicles or its successor agency or a temporary document issued by that agency to an applicant for a driver's license or state identification card that contains all of the information otherwise found on the license or card and that the applicant may use as a form of identification while waiting to receive the license or card;

(b)AUnited States passport or passport card;

(c) 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.

(2) "Other unique identifier" means one of the following that is authorized by the general assembly by law for voting purposes:

(a) A unique numeric or alphanumeric descriptor assigned to the elector by an agency of this state or the United States;

(b)Atruncated version of a descriptor described in division (C)(2)(a) of this section.

EFFECTIVE DATE If adopted by a majority of the electors voting on this proposal, Section 5 ofArticle V of the Constitution of the State of Ohio enacted by this proposal shall take effect immediately.

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10 2025-2026136th SenatorsG.A. Timken, Gavarone Cosponsors:

SenatorsSpeaker Huffman,_________________ Brenner, Cirino, Johnson, Landis, Lang, O'Brien, Patton, Reineke, Reynolds, Romanchuk, Schaffer, Wilkin, Wilson 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 1House Constitution of theRepresentatives. State of Ohio to require 2 identification to vote.

3President Be_________________ it resolved by the General Assembly of the StateSenate. of 4 Ohio, three-fifths of the members elected to each house 5 concurring herein, that there shall be submitted to the electors 6 of the state, in the manner prescribed by law at the general 7 election to be held on November 3, 2026, a proposal to enact 8 Section 5 of Article V of the Constitution of the State of Ohio 9 to read as follows:

10Adopted ARTICLE____________________, V20____ 11 Section 5.

(A) Electors shall provide photo identification 12 in order to vote in person at a polling place or other voting 13 location designated by law, in accordance with laws passed by 14 the general assembly, except that the laws may provide an 15 alternative method of verifying the identity of an elector who 16 does not have photo identification because the elector has a 17 sincere religious objection to being photographed.

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10 Page 2 As Adopted by the Senate (B) At a minimum, and in accordance with laws passed by 19 the general assembly, electors shall provide photo 20 identification or, if authorized by law, a signature and at 21 least one other unique identifier in order to vote by any other 22 method authorized by law.

23 (C) As used in this section:

24 (1) "Photo identification" means one of the following 25 documents that is issued by an agency of this state or the 26 United States, includes the elector's name and photograph, and 27 is not expired:

28 (a) A driver's license or state identification card issued 29 by the Ohio bureau of motor vehicles or its successor agency or 30 a temporary document issued by that agency to an applicant for a 31 driver's license or state identification card that contains all 32 of the information otherwise found on the license or card and 33 that the applicant may use as a form of identification while 34 waiting to receive the license or card;

35 (b) A United States passport or passport card;

36 (c) A United States military identification card, an Ohio 37 national guard identification card, or an identification card 38 issued by the United States department of veterans affairs or 39 its successor agency.

40 (2) "Other unique identifier" means one of the following 41 that is authorized by the general assembly by law for voting 42 purposes:

43 (a) A unique numeric or alphanumeric descriptor assigned 44 to the elector by an agency of this state or the United States;

45 (b) A truncated version of a descriptor described in 46 Sub.

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10 Page 3 As Adopted by the Senate division (C)(2)(a) of this section.

47 EFFECTIVE DATE 48 If adopted by a majority of the electors voting on this 49 proposal, Section 5 of Article V of the Constitution of the 50 State of Ohio enacted by this proposal shall take effect 51 immediately.