Voters will decide whether to enshrine photo ID requirements for all voting—including absentee ballots—in the state constitution. The move mostly preserves current practice but makes the rule harder for future legislatures or courts to remove.
Absentee voters currently must submit a photocopy of an acceptable photo ID or complete an ID Exception Form with their ballot under state law.
For most voters, the mechanics of casting an absentee ballot would not change if the amendment passes.
The statutory absentee-ID requirement was added in 2019 after the 2018 ballot-harvesting controversy and passed with wide bipartisan support.
What the voter ID amendment does not change Wait, doesn't North Carolina already have absentee voter ID? Voters must submit a photocopy of their acceptable ID or a completed ID Exception Form with their ballot. Still of a video of Charlie Collicutt, Guilford County Board of Elections Director, explaining how to vote absentee.
The photo ID requirement for absentee ballots was added to the law in Senate Bill 683, "Combat Absentee Ballot Fraud," in 2019. Passed in the wake of the 2018 ballot harvesting scandal, it was a rare bipartisan election law bill. What the voter ID amendment changes If North Carolina already requires a copy of a photo ID to vote by absentee ballot, what does the amendment do?
What the voter ID amendment does and does not do by Dr. Andy Jackson Director of the Civitas Center for Public Integrity, John Locke Foundation September 9, 2026 When North Carolina voters mark their ballots for the November 3 election, they will consider three constitutional amendments. North Carolina law (163‑230.1.(f1)) requires:
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This November, in addition to deciding races for U.S. Senate, Congress, and the General Assembly - among others - voters will determine the fate of three proposed amendments to the North Carolina Constitution.
With less than seven weeks to go until the midterm elections, a new Elon University poll has found that likely voters in both parties strongly favor three constitutional amendments on the ballot this fall in North Carolina. Voters will be asked to consider amendments requiring photo IDs for all forms of voting, lowerin
Government should tax only to raise money for its essential functions. I support a thorough review of expenditures each year. A goal I share with proponents of this amendment is a mechanism that will restrain state government from overspending. Does this amendment actually restrain spending? Why is it a constitutional
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