2025 Wisconsin Question 1
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Require Voter Photo ID Amendment | ||||||||||
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 Yes: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% No: 50–60% 60–70% | ||||||||||
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2025 Wisconsin Question 1 was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that appeared on the ballot in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on April 1, 2025. The amendment was ratified by voters, creating a new section 1m in article III of the Constitution of Wisconsin, to establish a constitutional requirement for photographic identification for voting.
The in-person early voting period ran from March 18 to March 30, 2025.[2]
Background
[edit]In 2016, the 102nd Wisconsin Legislature passed a law that required photo ID to be displayed before voters would be allowed to register to vote or cast a vote in Wisconsin. The law remains in effect.[3]
After the 2020 election, Republicans in the 106th Wisconsin Legislature determined to add the photo ID requirement to the Constitution of Wisconsin to make the requirement more difficult to repeal in the future. Following the normal constitutional amendment process in Wisconsin, the 106th Legislature passed a joint resolution laying out the new amendment. The resolution was then picked up two years later by the 107th Wisconsin Legislature, which passed it again. In both terms, the resolution was supported by Republicans, and generally opposed by Democrats. After the second passage, the amendment reached its final stage, a vote for ratification by the public, which was scheduled for the next general election, April 1, 2025.[4][5]
The amendment does not represent a change from current law, but it would now require a new constitutional amendment to repeal the voter ID requirement.[6]
Endorsements
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Wisconsin Question 1 Election Results". The New York Times. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
- ^ "Wisconsin Election Dates and Deadlines". U.S. Vote Foundation. Retrieved March 13, 2025.
- ^ "Information on Photo ID Requirement for Voting". City of Milwaukee. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
- ^ "Wisconsin Legislature puts photo ID requirement on ballot for voter approval". AP News. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
- ^ "Wisconsin Republicans pushing to make voter ID a constitutional requirement". AP News. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
- ^ "Wisconsin voters to decide whether to put photo ID requirement in constitution". Votebeat Wisconsin. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
- ^ "Why You Should Vote 'No' To The Constitutional Referendum Question On April 1". ACLU Wisconsin. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
- ^ "April 2025 Amendment: Vote No". League of Women Voters of Wisconsin. Retrieved March 4, 2025.