A proposed constitutional amendment on Wisconsin’s April ballot would enshrine the state’s existing photo ID requirement for voting.

Wisconsin voters will decide whether the state constitution should enshrine a voter ID law. A simple majority is needed to pass.

Wisconsin’s photo ID requirement for voting would be elevated from a state law to a constitutional amendment under a proposal approved in the Republican-controlled Assembly with no support from Democrats.

Wisconsinites will vote this spring on whether to enshrine the state's voter ID law into the state constitution, a move that would make it more difficult for the Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn or loosen the state's law requiring a photo ID to vote.

A proposed constitutional amendment on Wisconsin’s April ballot would enshrine the state’s existing photo ID requirement for voting, but leave some room for lawmakers to modify it.

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature are moving quickly to place a measure on the April ballot that would enshrine the state’s already strict voter ID requirement into the state constitution.

A proposed state constitutional amendment requiring a photo ID to vote in Wisconsin elections is expected to receive final legislative approval as early as Tuesday. That would put the issue before voters on the April election ballot, following the Legislature also passing the proposed amendment during the previous legislative session.

Wisconsin voters will decide if there should be a state constitution requirement to produce valid photo identification for future elections.

The Wisconsin State Assembly passed a proposal Tuesday that could enshrine voter ID requirements in the state constitution if the majority of Wisconsin voters support it. The passage sets it up to go to Wisconsin voters in April — on the same ballot as a consequential election for the state Supreme Court.