The year 2021 represents the third consecutive year in which Ohio voters were not presented an opportunity to vote on any proposed amendments to the Ohio Constitution. In the first two decades of the 21st century, Ohio voters approved 18 of 31 proposed amendments to the Ohio Constitution. Of the 31, 16 were proposed by […]
No Proposed Constitutional Amendments on the 2021 Ballot Read Post »
Ohio Issue 1, Congressional Redistricting Procedures Amendment, was approved by Ohio voters in the May 8, 2018 primary election. Official elections results show that the ballot issue was approved by 1,178,468 votes in favor to 395,088 votes against. According to the certified ballot language, available on the Secretary of State’s website: “The proposed amendment would:
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The Ohio General Assembly has approved a proposed amendment, SJR 5 (132nd GA (2018)), to add a new Article, Article XIX, to the Ohio Constitution to address congressional redistricting. The proposed amendment will be on the May 8, 2018, ballot, and Ohio voters will have to approve this amendment for it to become part of
Congressional Redistricting Proposal to Be on May Ballot Read Post »
ResponsibleOhio filed a complaint in mandamus challenging the ballot language of their marijuana legalization initiative petition. View the complaint. View the court docket. The complaint alleges that the ballot adopted by the Ohio Ballot Board violates Article XVI, Section 1 of the Ohio Constitution which requires that ballot language can not deceive, mislead or defraud
ResponsibleOhio Sues, Claiming Ballot Language Deceptive Read Post »
The Ohio Secretary of State verified that ResponsibleOhio obtained sufficient signatures for their marijuana amendment to appear on the ballot this fall. See Cleveland.com, Marijuana legalization amendment approved for Ohio’s November ballot. The proposed amendment would limit the growing of marijuana to ten sites specified in the Ohio Constitution. The ten sites are owned by
A recent Cleveland.com article, Marijuana issue highlights steep cost of getting on the ballot, contains an interesting chart showing expenditures for recent ballot amendments.
Chart Showing Ballot Issue Costs Read Post »
Cleveland.com reports that the consulting firm behind ResponsibleOhio’s initative petition to legalize marijuana and create a monopoly of ten grow sites stands to make 5.6 million dollars from the campaign. The costs include legal work, polling and public relations. The extraordinary costs of getting an amendment to the Ohio Constitution on the ballot has drawn the
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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
Voters Bill of Rights Initiative Petition Certified by Ohio AG Read Post »
Yes for Ohio’s Energy Future filed an initiative petition with the Ohio Attorney General, called The Ohio Clean Energy Initiative. The Initiative would to Ohio Constitution, Article VIII, Section 2, a bond issue for purposes of improving clean energy infrastructure; research and development related to clean energy, in support of Ohio industry ; and develop sites
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Introduced on October 24, 2013, Ohio House Joint Resolution 8 proposes to amend the Ohio Constitution to: “institute term limits for certain elected and appointed officials and to increase the term limits for members of the General Assembly.” This joint resolution must be approved by 60% of both houses of the legislature in order to
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