Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The amendment to the elections bill needed 60 votes to advance. It was defeated in a 53 to 47 vote. The vote came during the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ohio state Sen. Jane Timken, R-North Canton. (Photo by Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal.) The Ohio Senate voted Wednesday to put a ...

Ohio lawmakers sent a voter ID amendment to the November 2026 ballot and advanced a plan to require photo ID for mail‑in voting starting in 2027.

Washington — An amendment that would require voters to show photo identification to cast a ballot failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday, despite Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer saying last ...

The Ohio Senate voted Wednesday to put a constitutional amendment before voters requiring photo ID to vote. Senators introduced the resolution just two weeks ago. A companion proposal in the House is ...

Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated an amendment sponsored by Sen. Jon Husted (R), Ohio's former secretary of state, to require voters to show photo ID when casting ballots in person or voting by ...