The Nevada’s Secretary of State’s Office confirmed Friday that a proposed ballot measure that would require voters to show a form of ID before voting has enough valid signatures to appear on the November ballot. 

The office reported Friday that supporters had turned in 131,590 valid signatures, and passed the threshold of signatures needed from each of the state’s congressional districts (25,591) to qualify the measure for the ballot. Backers of the initiative had turned in more than 179,000 signatures to state and local election officials last month.

"We are elated to have met another massive milestone in this process; now it is up to Nevadans,” said David Gibbs, chairman of the Repair The Vote PAC, which is backing the initiative.

The ballot question would amend Nevada’s Constitution by requiring in-person voters to provide valid photo identification and for mail voters to provide a personally identifiable number — such as part of a driver’s license or Social Security number — alongside their signature. 

Nevada does not require voters to provide any type of identification before voting, but each voter is required to provide a signature that must match the one in the state’s files.

Opponents of the proposal have criticized the voter ID requirements as a de facto unconstitutional poll tax, because it typically costs money to obtain a form of identification. The measure survived a legal challenge filed earlier this year, with the state Supreme Court in May ruling allowing the initiative to move forward but declining to address several of the legal arguments at the “preelection stage.” 

Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican, has publicly championed voter ID as a concept. A pro-Lombardo PAC, Better Nevada, reported contributing more than $1.5 million in the last quarter to an affiliated PAC that worked to gather signatures for the initiative. 

Efforts to amend the state Constitution require two affirmative votes, so the measure would be placed on the 2026 ballot if it passes this year.