Pennsylvania Republicans Try to Force House Vote on Voter ID

Ballot measure allowing Pennsylvania voters to decide if voter ID should be required has stalled in committee

Pennsylvania House Republican Leader Bryan Cutler announces that Republicans will use a discharge resolution to force a House vote on a voter ID constitutional amendment, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg in March 2024. Brian Hollenbeck/ PA, House of Representatives

Voters must show identification to vote in 36 states, but no voter ID is required in 14—mostly Democratic—states, including Pennsylvania.

Republicans in Pennsylvania are trying to change that with a constitutional amendment. To change the state Constitution, a resolution must pass in two consecutive legislative sessions, and then the measure goes to voters to decide. It does not require the governor’s signature.