Ohio voters approved a measure legalizing recreational marijuana, defying Republican legislative leaders who had failed to pass the proposed law.
Ohio Prescription Drug Ballot IssueBerkeley Electronic Press Selected WorksMark Caleb Smith
a statewide ballot issue aimed at changing the way the state draws its political maps, has landed voters in a fix. While they are hearing from the campaign behindthe constitutional amendmentthat it would prevent gerrymandering, the language they'll see on b...
All the political wrangling over Ohio's Issue 1, a statewide ballot issue aimed at changing the way the state draws its political maps, has landed voters in a fix. While they are hearing from the campaign behindthe constitutional amendmentthat it would prevent ...
The amendment language initiallycame togetherin February, and the bumpy ride to this month’s votebegan in earnestafter the proposed amendment garnered its first approval from the attorney general. In March, the Ohio Ballot Boardcleared abortion rights advocatesto move forward with gathering petition...
Previous research on the initiative process tends to underestimate the involvement of political parties in ballot measure contests as well as the impact of partisanship on initiative voting. Focusing on recent ballot contests in California, we find that the two major party organizations in California ...
The old argument made every time violent offenders are put on the ballot for early release and time reduction opportunities, the prison industrial complex runs the same old ads about soft on crime legislators letting criminals loose to rape and pillage communities. This argument has become so ceme...
Ohio Ballot Issue 3Berkeley Electronic Press Selected WorksSmith, Mark Caleb
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Pro Athletes Back Pot Effort ; Initiative Aims to Put Legalized Marijuana Issue on Ohio BallotBischoff, Laura A