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 […]
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Posted in Ballot Initiative News on Jun 22nd, 2018
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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Posted in Ballot Initiative News on Feb 15th, 2018
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 […]
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Posted in Ballot Initiative News on Aug 27th, 2015
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 […]
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Posted in Ballot Initiative News on Aug 13th, 2015
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 […]
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Posted in Ballot Initiative News on Jul 13th, 2015
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.
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Posted in Ballot Initiative News on Jun 19th, 2015
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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Posted in Ballot Initiative News on Mar 11th, 2014
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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Posted in Ballot Initiative News on Nov 13th, 2013
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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Posted in Ballot Initiative News on Oct 28th, 2013
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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