OHIO (WKEF) — Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday that locks the state’s existing photo identification requirement into the Ohio Constitution, a move that could make future changes to voting rules more difficult and could create new concerns for some voters who cast ballots by mail.
Issue 3, the only statewide issue on the ballot, passed with 67 percent voting for the amendment. The amendment took effect immediately, but it does not automatically change the current requirements for casting a ballot.
Dr. Dan Birdsong, a senior lecturer in the University of Dayton’s political science department, said the shift to a constitutional requirement could still have practical impacts, particularly for voters who use absentee ballots…