Ohioans more likely to turn out in November with voter ID on the ballot
Today, Honest Elections Project Action released a new poll showing strong support for an Ohio ballot issue that would enshrine voter ID in the state constitution. The poll comes as SJR 10 – a measure that would advance such a ballot issue in November – was approved in the state Senate this week.
Voter ID Overwhelmingly Popular
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86% agree – and 68% strongly agree – voters should be required to show a photo ID when they vote.
Voter ID Ballot Issue Sees Sweeping Support
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76% would vote for a constitutional amendment that would require every voter to show a photo ID to vote in person and 57% strongly favor voting for the amendment.
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Ohioans also support an amendment applying voter ID to mail ballots. 70% would vote for an amendment requiring that mail-in voters write their driver’s license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number on the ballot, and 69% would vote for an amendment requiring that voters submit a copy of their ID with their ballot.
Ohioans More Likely to Vote if Voter ID on the Ballot
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86% would be more likely to vote this November – and 52% much more likely – if a constitutional amendment requiring voters to provide photo identification in order to vote were on the ballot.
A link to the polling memo with detailed results can be found HERE. A link to the crosstabs can be found HERE.
Jason Snead, executive director of Honest Elections Project Action, provided the following statement:
“Our latest polling confirms that voter ID is exceedingly popular in Ohio. 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. The Buckeye State deserves to have honest elections where it’s easy to vote and hard to cheat.”
Methodology
Mixed mode survey among 800 likely voters in Ohio (400 via phone / 400 online) conducted May 27 – June 2, 2026. Respondents were selected randomly from purchased sample and opt-in panel participants. Sampling controls were used to ensure that a proportional and representative number of respondents were interviewed from such demographic groups as age, gender, race, and geographic region. ± 3.46% overall margin of error at the 95% confidence interval for the overall survey. Margins of error for subgroups are larger.