Early voting for the spring general election begins on Tuesday, March 18. One thing on everyone’s ballot will be a photo identification referendum.

Photo identification is already required to participate in elections in Wisconsin. This referendum is asking voters whether or not to include the law in the state constitution. A vote “yes” would add it to the state’s constitution, and a vote no would keep things as they are now.

If it is added to the constitution, the law would not be able to be overturned by the state supreme court in the future. The only way for it to be removed would be via the same route Republicans took to get in the constitution. They would need a legislative majority, then would need to go through the amendment process to remove it, passing a vote two sessions in a row, then turning it over to the voters once again.

Another item on the ballot is the state supreme court race between Brad Schimel (R) and Susan Crawford (D). Whoever wins that race would seize control for their party in the high court. The state superintendent of public instruction race between incumbent Dr. Jill Underly and Brittany Kinser will be on the ballot as well. Other than those two races and the referendum, the only other items on the ballot will be smaller, local races.

To find out what all will be on your ballot, visit What’s On My Ballot