Nevada voters will revisit Question 7 in 2026, the voter ID initiative that passed in a landslide with 73.23% approval in 2024.
Because Question 7 changes Nevada’s constitution, it needs to pass twice. It now requires a second “yes” vote this November. If approved again, it becomes part of Article 2 of the Nevada Constitution.
Question 7 would amend the constitution to require all in-person voters present a valid photo identification before voting.
It lists eight approved forms of government-issued IDs, including driver’s licenses, passports, student and tribal photo identification. It also permits the Nevada Legislature to approve additional government-issued IDs.
In addition, it would require voters using a mail ballot to list the last four digits of their Nevada driver’s license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number—alongside their signature.
Thirty-six states have some form of voter ID law with no major complaints. Nevada is one of only 14 states to not require a form of identification while voting, and instead relies on a voter signature to verify voter identity.
Polls consistently show overwhelming support for voter ID.
A Pew Research survey last year found 83% of adults, and 71% of Democrats, favor it. CBS conducted a poll earlier this year and found that 80% support voter ID, a finding that transcends party lines.
Earlier polls done by Gallup and Monmouth also measured 80% and 81% support for voter ID.
A Nevada Independent poll in 2023 reported 74% of Nevada registered voters across all demographic groups support a voter ID requirement: 62% of Democrats, 93% of Republicans and 68% of independents/non-partisans.
At the urging of voters, Governor Joe Lombardo made voter ID a campaign promise during his 2022 gubernatorial campaign. He introduced it as part of his proposed Election Integrity Act in 2023.
Legislative Democrats failed to even consider the bill and described it as “dead on arrival.” Democrats have legislated a leaky election system to juice their votes.
As promised in his first State of the State address, Lombardo then went to the voters. This very popular initiative received 179,000 signatures across all seventeen Nevada counties, 80% above the legal requirement.
It passed in 2024 with nearly three out of every four Nevada voters approving.
It’s common-sense election reform.
Most proponents of voter ID acknowledge there aren’t millions of fake votes being cast in elections. The point of enacting voter ID is not that our system is hopelessly compromised but rather that it is needlessly vulnerable.
Question 7 has faced significant challenges.
Chief legal strategist for the Democratic Party, Marc Elias, and a coalition of anti-voter ID groups sued in Nevada state court to stop the measure. Fortunately for Nevada voters, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the measure could proceed.
However, the battle continues as opponents of Question 7 put out misinformation.
Democrat opponents include nominees for governor (Aaron Ford), attorney general (Nicole Cannizzaro) and secretary of state (Cisco Aguilar).
Hard-left activists resist voter ID as racist voter suppression. They claim it could disenfranchise people who don’t have an acceptable form of ID.
It’s proven to be nonsense. It’s an everyday occurrence to show an ID.
We need ID to drive a car, board a plane, cash a check, buy alcohol, rent or buy a home, apply for welfare or housing benefits.
The racism canard was made against Georgia’s photo ID law in 2021. Yet, Georgia’s Secretary of State reported that turnout in the 2022 general election set records after the law took effect with no evidence to support the charge the ID law reduced turnout among minorities.
Lombardo is confident voters will finish what they started by voting “yes” a second time.
The bottom line: Requiring a photo ID won’t make it harder to vote. It will make it harder to cheat.
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