Amendment 84: Require Voter Identification Number for Mail-In Ballots Initiative

Amendment 84 would establish additional voter-identification requirements for mail ballots while preserving an opportunity for voters to correct deficiencies.

Why Vote YES?

Every eligible voter should be able to vote—and every legitimate vote should be protected.

Colorado conducts elections primarily through mail ballots. That makes strong verification procedures especially important.

Requiring voter identification information provides voters and election officials with another tool for confirming that a ballot belongs to the individual who submitted it. Importantly, a ballot problem should not automatically mean the voter loses the opportunity to have the ballot counted; the amendment provides for correction of specified deficiencies.

Election integrity and voter access are not opposites. A trustworthy election system should provide both.

Position: Secure the ballot while protecting legitimate voters' opportunity to correct errors. Vote YES.

Requires mail voters to provide a signature and identification number. Discriminates against illegal voters, so progressives will call it racist.

As registered voters, we are required to sign our ballot envelope before submitting our ballots. Amendment 84 wants to expand the requirements to include the last four digits of our Social Security number, a Colorado driver’s license number, or a REAL ID to the ballot envelope in order for our ballots to be counted. We recommend voting NO on this amendment. - Amendment 84, by being a constitutional amendment, will get in the way of our elected legislators addressing voter ID changes in the future. - Amendment 84 adds more steps for voters to complete and could result in your ballot not being counted. - Amendment 84 puts more work on our county clerks to process the ballots. The additional steps slow down the process and add to the costs of conducting elections. The current Colorado election process is efficient and secure. By signing the ballot envelope, we already agree that the submitted ballot is ours. Adding more information to the envelope is just a useless hurdle that will not improve our already secure elections, will cost us more money, and could be used for identity theft.