States Implement Stricter Voter ID Rules

Voters in Ohio and Colorado are weighing ballot measures that would add voter-identification rules to their state constitutions: Ohio’s Issue 3 would formalize government-issued photo ID requirements, with an exception for voters with religious objections, while Colorado’s Amendment 84 would require mail voters to add the last four digits of a Social Security or driver’s license number to ballot envelopes. Supporters say the measures add safeguards against fraud; opponents warn they could make it harder for eligible voters to have their ballots counted. More broadly, new voting laws in Republican-led states are taking effect, including changes to acceptable IDs and proof-of-citizenship requirements, as Trump’s federal proposals have stalled. Georgia, meanwhile, already accepts several forms of photo identification, including government-issued and tribal IDs.