Voter Identification AmendmentConstitutional amendment · Put on the ballot by lawmakers
Require photo ID for all voting
Explain it like I'm 5
North Carolina already requires photo ID when people vote in person, and state law requires an ID copy or exception process for mail ballots. This would put photo-ID requirements for all voting into the constitution, like moving a changeable house rule into a harder-to-change rulebook.
Yes vote
The constitution would require photographic identification for all voters, including those voting by mail, subject to legal exceptions.
No vote
The constitution would keep its photo-ID requirement limited to in-person voting, while mail-ballot rules would remain in ordinary state law.
The question to ask yourself
Should photo-ID rules for mail voting be locked into the constitution or remain adjustable through ordinary law?
The case for
- Creates one constitutional identification standard for in-person and mail voting.
- Supporters say it could strengthen confidence in election security.
- Makes the mail-voting requirement harder for future lawmakers to change.
Backed by: Republican Party of North Carolina
The case against
- State law already requires an ID copy or exception process for mail ballots.
- Additional requirements could create hurdles for eligible absentee voters.
- Constitutional language is harder to adjust if access problems emerge.
Opposed by: League of Women Voters of North Carolina, Democratic Party of North Carolina, Common Cause
- Money
- No direct cost to taxpayers is estimated for the amendment itself.
- Don't be misled
- Saying mail voters currently face no identification rule is misleading, because state law already provides an ID or exception process.