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
The in-person early voting period ran from March 18 to March 30, 2025.[1]
Background
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.[2]
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.[3][4]
The amendment does not represent a change from current law, but it would require a new constitutional amendment to repeal the voter ID requirement.[5]
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References
- ^ "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.
- AP News. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
- 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.