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Wisconsin · Question 1 (April 2025) · Election: 2025-04-01 · APPROVED

Require Voter Photo ID Amendment

Plain-English Summary

A legislatively referred constitutional amendment, on the April 1, 2025, ballot, that wrote Wisconsin's existing voter photo identification requirement into the state constitution. Voter ID had been required by state statute since 2011; the amendment elevated that requirement to constitutional status.

What each outcome does

IF YES PASSES

Approved by approximately 63% of voters; the photo ID requirement is now part of the Wisconsin Constitution and is harder to repeal or strike down through ordinary legislation or court action.

IF NO PASSES

If it had been rejected, voter ID would have remained a matter of state statute only, leaving it more easily subject to legislative change or court review.

Who is funding each side

YES SIDE
Sponsor: Wisconsin Republican legislative leadership; sponsored by Sen. Van Wanggaard (R)
Reported funding: Not consolidated; primarily issue advocacy by partisan committees
NO SIDE
Sponsor: ACLU of Wisconsin; League of Women Voters of Wisconsin
Reported funding: Not consolidated

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