Statewide constitutional amendment
Photo ID for all voters
Who votes on it: Every voter in North Carolina. Election Day is November 3, 2026.
What your vote means
A FOR vote
The photo ID rule in the constitution would cover every voter, even people who vote by mail. It starts once the vote is made official.
An AGAINST vote
The constitution stays as it is: its photo ID rule covers people who vote in person.
Read it line by line
The exact words on your ballot. Scroll, and each part lights up with a plain-English explanation. Tap any part to jump to it.
The ballot question
Constitutional amendment to require all voters, not just those presenting to vote in person, to present photo identification before voting.
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This would change the state constitution. Every voter would have to show a photo ID.
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Today the constitution's photo ID rule covers people who vote in person. This would extend it to people who vote another way, such as by mail.
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Voters show the ID before they vote. The legislature already sets the rules for it, and it can allow exceptions.
What it changes in the constitution
Article VI, Section 2(4), and the same words in Section 3(2), as the amendment would rewrite it. The ballot shows only the question above; this is the text that would change.
The constitution, rewritten
Photo identification for voting in person.voting. Voters offering to vote in person shall present photographic identification before voting. The General Assembly shall enact general laws governing the requirements of such photographic identification, which may include exceptions.
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The heading changes from photo ID for voting in person to photo ID for voting.
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These words come out. Without them, the rule covers every voter, however they vote.
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This stays the same: the legislature writes the rules for the ID, and it can allow exceptions.
The official summary
Written by the legislature's nonpartisan Legislative Services Officer, as state law requires, and given to every county board of elections.
“This amendment to the North Carolina Constitution would require presentation of photographic identification for voters in all instances in North Carolina elections.”
How it got on the ballot
The General Assembly passed Senate Bill 921, which puts this question to voters.
December 13, 2024
The General Assembly ratified Senate Bill 921 (Session Law 2024-58)
August 20, 2026
The legislature's nonpartisan Legislative Services Officer adopted the official summary
November 3, 2026
Statewide vote