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Did the Senate vote on Jon Husted's voter photo ID bill?

Matches stated record claim. The Senate voted 52 to 46 on whether to begin debate on his bill, short of the 60 needed, so it was never debated.

Jon Husted

Voter ID: his bill

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What they say

His office says the Senate voted on his bill to require voters to show photo ID at the polls, and that it fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance, 52 to 46.

“The Senate today voted on Sen. Jon Husted’s (R-Ohio) bill to require voters to show photo ID at the polls.”

Source: Office of Senator Jon Husted

What the record shows · Aug 7, 2026

He introduced S. 5271 on August 5, 2026, to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voters to provide photo identification. In the Senate sitting of August 7, 2026, which ran into August 8, he voted Yea on cloture on the motion to proceed to it; cloture was not invoked, 52 to 46 (Roll Call 231), so the bill was not debated.

Sources: Congress.gov, Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office

Limit: The vote the Senate held was on whether to begin debate, and it needed 60 votes. His office describes it that way.

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