Constitutional Amendment: Require Photo ID for All Voters, Including Mail Ballots
My vote power
Above average
Election date
November 3, 2026
Constitutional Amendment: Require Photo ID for All Voters, Including Mail Ballots is a ballot measure in North Carolina on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Requires every voter, including those voting by mail, to show photo ID, and puts that rule in the state constitution. In-person voters already show ID; mail voters would need to provide it too, in a form lawmakers set later. No cost to you.
How do we calculate my vote power?
What determines the vote power rating for ballot measures: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. You have more power in ballot measures because you vote directly on the policy.
Representation: Average · 50 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 10,730,404 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(10,730,404 ÷ 10,730,404) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50, measured against a statewide vote in NC (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Average representation + a direct vote on the policy → My vote power: Above average.
What does this measure do?
Requires every voter, including those voting by mail, to show photo ID, and puts that rule in the state constitution. In-person voters already show ID; mail voters would need to provide it too, in a form lawmakers set later. No cost to you.
Read the official ballot measure (PDF)
A YES vote means
Mail-in voters would have to provide photo ID like in-person voters, and the rule could not be repealed without another amendment.
A NO vote means
Photo ID stays required only for in-person voting under current law.
Sources: ncleg.gov · ballotpedia.org · wunc.org · my.lwv.org
Last updated September 24, 2026.