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VR Vivek Ramaswamy Vivek Ramaswamy Vivek Ramaswamy founded the biotech company Roivant Sciences and ran for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

“Ohio has a constitutional amendment on the ballot this November. President Trump actually pushed for it. … Issue three, which is effectively a constitutional amendment that would say you have to have photo ID to vote in Ohio elections, putting it in the state constitution. So that makes it reversal proof. And in a year where we couldn't get the SAVE Act through in Washington, D.C., it's just a perfect contrast and example of what you can do at the state level.”

The Charlie Kirk Show · US Politics · September 2026

“Ohio has a constitutional amendment on the ballot this November. President Trump actually pushed for it. … Issue three, which is effectively a constitutional amendment that would say you have to have photo ID to vote in Ohio elections, putting it in the state constitution. So that makes it reversal proof. And in a year where we couldn't get the SAVE Act through in Washington, D.C., it's just a perfect contrast and example of what you can do at the state level.” — Vivek Ramaswamy, The Charlie Kirk Show

Context

Ramaswamy on The Charlie Kirk Show, September 25, 2026, discussing Ohio's Issue 3 photo-ID ballot measure and why he wants states to act ahead of Washington.

Transcript

The Charlie Kirk Show Around 28:27 into the episode
Vivek Ramaswamy

So Ohio has a constitutional amendment on the ballot this November. President Trump actually pushed for it. I wrote a piece, again, calling on our legislature at the start of the summer. I said, guys, let's get this on the ballot. And then thanks, you know, credit to them.

Speaker 4

They listened.

Vivek Ramaswamy

They got it on the ballot. President Trump pushed them to do the same. They got on the ballot issue three, okay, which is effectively a constitutional amendment that would say you have to have photo ID to vote in Ohio elections, putting it in the state constitution. So that makes it reversal proof. And in a year where we couldn't get the SAVE Act through in Washington, D.C., it's just a perfect contrast and example of what you can do at the state level, whether it's economics, gas tax and the federal government can follow, or whether it's actually putting it in a state level. state constitution where maybe they pass the SAVE Act in the future, but a state can lead the way and let the federal government piggyback rather than the other way around. And I know a lot of folks, independents, even conservatives are often frustrated with what's happening in Washington, D.C., I say let's fix it at the state level. And the way I'm trying to lead, even before I'm elected in Ohio, working with the legislature to get issue three on the ballot, working with our legislature to get this gas tax suspension passed next week, is to lead through action in ways that sort of shows leaders in Washington, D.C., that this can be done. If a state like Ohio does it…

Speaker 4

The mire of doing nothing, you know?

Speaker 8

Yeah.

Charlie Kirk

No, well said. Vivek Ramaswamy is a dear friend of Charlie's, and Charlie really believed in your political talents, Vivek, so honored to have you here. Vivek, I've got to play some clips. I have not listened to Amy Acton's actual voice very much, and I'm not asking you to chime in here, but I'm…

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