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 Board...
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the Ohio Ballot Board must rewrite some of the language that will appear as State Issue 1 before voters on the August special election ballot. In the decision issued by Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy and Justices Pat Fischer, Pat DeWine, and Joe Deters the Ohi...
"The most unique thing that we have going now is that I just spent 90 days tellling everyone to vote ‘yes’ on Issue 1, now we’re going to be telling everyone to vote ‘no’ on Issue 1," he said. "So, we have our work cut out for us, but we know at the end of the da...
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said that he intends to vote for Ohio State Issue 1 aimed at altering the process of how initiative petitions can propose constitutional amendments at the statewide special election in August. Issue 1, if approved by voters, would mandate a 60 percent approval percentage...
While the wording of this provision is directed at the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, the trial court is to determine “the number of days of confinement that a defendant is entitled to have 2 At the sentencing hearing, defense counsel did not raise an objection over ...
With the governor and secretary of state among Issue 1’s opponents, the Ohio Ballot Board approved loaded language that changed all ballot references from “fetus” to “unborn child.” The wording was also modified to dishonestly state that the law would “allow an unborn child to be aborted...
The urgency is driven by the fact that state lawmakers in the Republican-dominated Ohio General Assembly are moving to make it more difficult to amend the Ohio Constitution, by placing an issue of their own on the November ballot raising the threshold of votes necessary to approve changes from...
H-O.com is checking the November 1984 wording in the issue voters approved to increase the tax rate. Were looking to see if the .75% was only for sewer repairs. The Village has a proposed settlement agreement with the plaintiff's in the lawsuite filed by Fair Housing. The complaint stat...
At least 1,000 valid signatures were required before the group could go ahead. Only 534 of the 2,134 signatures turned in were valid, according to DeWine, reportsThe Weed Blog. The initial signatures and approval of wording on the issue are required before the group can circulate additional ...
Turning first to the issue of 10 January Term, 2012 categorical preemption, the Eleventh District Court of Appeals held, and we agree, that the city's eminent-domain action against a portion of Mosier Yard is not categorically preempted by the ICCTA. {¶ 25} The STB has recognized that ...