What is Issue 3 on the Ohio ballot?

Issue 3 asks Ohioans if the current voter photo identification requirement should be enshrined in the state constitution. While Republicans say this is good policy, Democrats and Libertarians argue the constitutional amendment is just meant to rally the GOP base.The three candidates for Ohio secretary of state are split on the amendment.What is the current law?Ohio requires that voters show photo ID when casting a ballot in person. Acceptable forms are a valid Ohio driver's license, a U.S.

passport card, an Ohio National Guard ID card and a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ID card.What does a yes vote on Issue 3 mean?Voting yes on Issue 3 means you want to make the current voter ID requirements more difficult to change.RELATED: Voter photo ID amendment on Nov. ballot in Ohio"We should be protecting elections here in the state of Ohio," Robert Sprague, the Republican nominee for secretary of state, said.A future General Assembly could reverse the law, unless it's in the Constitution.The Constitution is the main governing document that supersedes any other state policy.

It is typically unchanging.The Ohio Revised Code has all current statutes that Ohio lawmakers pass and get signed into law. It is constantly getting updated and changed."I would like to see us go back to in-person voting that way everybody has to show their photo ID," Sprague said in an interview. "We know that people are who they say they are."It is significantly more difficult to get a policy into or change the Constitution.

For the most part, it either has to be done by getting hundreds of thousands of valid signatures from all over the state or by 60% of each chamber's members to sign off on it. The revised code either needs significantly fewer signatures or a simple majority in the legislature.If the lawmakers pass a bill that conflicts with the Constitution, it is up to the judicial branch to uphold the Constitution."It's fundamental to election security in the state of Ohio," Sprague said.Bot…