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Dear [Your Elected Official],

I urge you to amend HJR 9/SJR 10 before placing it on the November ballot.

Most Ohioans support universal photo ID for voting, but many do not realize Ohio's current law requires photo ID only for in-person voting, not for mail-in absentee ballots. As written, HJR 9/SJR 10 would lock this unequal standard into the Ohio Constitution and, according to the Legislative Service Commission, prevent future lawmakers from requiring photo ID for absentee voters.

Constitutional amendments should strengthen election integrity and treat all voters equally. This proposal does neither. It preserves a two-tiered system while failing to close Ohio's existing absentee ballot photo ID loophole.

I respectfully ask you to:

• Change Line 12 to read: "All electors shall provide photo identification in order to vote."
• Remove Lines 14-16, which limit photo ID requirements to in-person voting.
• Remove Lines 39-40, which weaken the standard.
• Pass H.B. 577, or a Senate companion bill, as implementing legislation.

With these simple changes, Ohio can ensure a fair, equal, and uniform photo ID standard for every voter.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your City & State]

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Hello, my name is [NAME] and I'm a constituent from [CITY].

I'm calling to ask Representative/Senator [NAME] to amend HJR 9/SJR 10 so photo ID requirements apply equally to all voters, including mail-in and absentee voters.

I also ask you to support H.B. 577, which provides accommodations for voters who may have difficulty obtaining or copying photo ID.

Please support one voter ID standard for all Ohio voters.

Thank you.

Summary

YOUR ACTION NEEDED: Ohio legislators are preparing to place this constitutional amendment on the November ballot before leaving Columbus in June. If you believe voter ID standards should apply equally to ALL VOTERS, now is the time to make your voice heard. Use our citizen action system to instantly contact your state representative and senator through email, X (formerly Twitter), and automated phone calls. Ohio legislators are rushing to place only a partial photo ID amendment in the Ohio Constitution. The problem: the amendment would permanently lock in Ohio's current two-tier voter ID system, requiring photo ID for in-person voters while exempting roughly one million mail-in and absentee voters. Even worse, the ballot language does NOT clearly tell voters they are approving unequal voter ID standards. If adopted, future legislatures would be unable to require photo ID for absentee and mail-in voting without another constitutional amendment. This problem was created when Ohio's 2022 voter ID law exempted absentee and mail-in ballots from photo ID requirements. To address concerns about accessibility, HB 577 was introduced to provide free photo IDs, expanded homebound ID & photocopy services, and assistance through government agencies, libraries, and schools. Despite these accommodations, legislative leaders refuse to advance the bill. Rather than fixing Ohio's voter ID laws, lawmakers are attempting to insert them into the Ohio Constitution! If legislators approve HJR 9/SJR 10 as written, Ohio voters may unknowingly permanently & permanently enshrine different ID standards for classes of voters while limiting future efforts to establish universal photo ID requirements. Supporters of universal voter ID argue the legislature could easily correct the amendment language and enact a law requiring photo ID for all voters, creating a single, uniform standard before Election Day. TAKE ACTION TODAY: Tell your legislator

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