Here's what State Issue 1 ballot language looks like By TODD HELBERG @cntoddhelberg thelberg@crescent-news.com Oct 11, 2024 Another constitutional amendment will appear before Ohio voters in a November general election. Local News Defiance County voters deciding three countywide tax issues this fa...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio election officials have approved ballot language that will describethis fall’s Issue 1, a redistricting measure, as requiring gerrymandering when the proposal is intended to do the opposite. The Republican-controlled Ohio Ballot Boar...
What happened at the ballot board? Citizens Not Politicians submitted its own version of proposed language for describing Issue 1 to voters at the ballot box, as is typical. The summary made no mention of gerrymandering. It was 220 words long, which, thei...
Ohio’s constitutional amendment, on the ballot as Issue 1, included some of the most protective language for abortion access of any statewide ballot initiative since the Supreme Court’s ruling.Opponentshad argued that the amendment would threatenparental rights,allow unrestricted gender surgeries for...
“Abortion is always on the ballot — if not literally but figuratively through the politicians we elect to serve us,”she said.“It’s also a reminder that this issue isn’t going away.”
In an opinion earlier this month, the high court required the ballot board to make two small changes to its approved language — but it let stand the passage that will describe Issue 1 as requiring gerrymandering. The court's Republican majority agreed with the...
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Issue 1 was aballot measureto change the Ohio Constitution to include protections for abortion access. According to ballot language, the measure would establish in the state constitution "an individual right to one's own reproductive medical treatment," including to make decisions on abortion, contra...
If Issue 1 passes, it would raise the threshold for passing future changes to the Ohio Constitution from a simple majority to 60% — making it significantly harder for a November ballot issue enshrining abortion rights in the state to get enough votes. Some of the messaging from the outside...
The ballot issue would legalize recreational marijuana in Ohio and allow adults 21 and over to possess up to 2.5 ounces of cannabis and to grow plants at home. Ohio would become the 24th state to legalize recreational marijuana if the measure passes. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel) Read More ...