Preliminary results show that voters approved an amendment to the Ohio Constitution to permit the issuance of additional general obligation bonds to fund public infrastructure capital improvements. See Columbus Dispatch Article, State Bond Issue Easily Passes. See a copy of the ballot here: Secretary of State’s Primary Issues Report 2014. The proposal would enact new […]
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The Ohio Rights Group, supporters of the Ohio Medical Cannabis Amendment to the Ohio Constitution, say there is a chance the issue may appear on the ballot in 2014. If not, they believe it is a sure thing it will be on the ballot in 2015 or 2016. See Group Backing Ohio Cannabis Rights Amendment
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The Freedom to Marry and Religious Freedom Amendment (Second Resubmission), Initiative Petition (PDF), was certified by the Ohio Attorney General. The wording of the previous submission, Freedom to Marry and Religious Freedom (Resubmission), Initiative Petition (PDF), said that no religious institution would be required to perform or recognize a marriage, but did not define “religious
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On May 6, 2014, Ohio voters will be asked to approve an amendment to the Ohio Constitution to permit the issuance of additional general obligation bonds to fund public infrastructure capital improvements. See Ballot Language and fulltext of the amendment. The proposal would enact new Section 2s of Article VIII of the Ohio Constitution. It is
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House Joint Resolution 10 proposes to amend Article II, Section 38 of the Ohio Constitution (Removal of Officials) to establish a procedure for recalling public officials. “The resolution would require electors seeking to recall an elected official to submit a petition signed by qualified electors equal to at least 15 percent of the total votes
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COLUMBUS – The Ohio Ballot Board, chaired by Secretary of State Jon Husted, today certified that a proposed constitutional amendment concerning voter rights consists of one issue. Petitioners will now need to collect 385,247 signatures, which is equal to 10 percent of the total vote cast for governor in 2010. As part of the total
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The Ohio Attorney General certified the resubmitted Ohio Voters Bill of Rights initiative petition as a fair and truthful representation of the proposed amendment. See Toledo Blade article
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An amended version of the Ohio Voters Bill of Rights initiative petition was resubmitted to the Ohio Attorney General on February 28, 2014, a previous version having been rejected by the Ohio AG on February 13. The AG found finding that the previous version did not present a fair and truthful representation of the
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The Ohio Attorney General rejected the Ohio Voters Bill of Rights Initiative Petition (PDF) , finding that a fair and truthful representation of the proposed amendment was not provided. See AG’s letter dated Feb. 13, 2014.
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The Ohio Voters Bill of Rights Initiative Petition (PDF) was recently filed with the Ohio Attorney General. AG action is due on February 14, 2014. As noted in this Cleveland.com article: Among other features, the Ohio Voters Bill of Rights would allow Ohioans to register to vote online, something fairly common in other states but
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