A sign against Issue 2 sits near a polling place on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Cincinnati. 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...
This fall’s Issue 2 will be a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana, whose ballot language cleared the committee Thursday without discussion. Gonidakis, a key champion of the August amendment to raise the threshold for constitutional changes to 60%, said educating voters on the transposition...
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...
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Notably, the ballot language distorts the meaning of the amendment. The full amendment text can be foundhere, and the ballot language can be foundhere. OPEN’s Instagram explainer of Issue 1 can be foundhere. The ballot language states that the proposition would include "an individual right ...
In anopinion 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 ...
Ohio voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a state constitutional amendment, Issue 2, to ban noncitizens from voting. It was one of many ballot initiatives dealing with election integrity in this year’s elections. The Columbus Dispatch reported that Issue 2 had passed with 77.1% support from ...
In 2023, Ohioans voted to approve ballot issue 2, legalizing recreational marijuana in the state. As a result, Ohio will become the 24th state with such a designation. This change will take effect in late 2024, though many dispensaries are planning now for what this change will mean for ...
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...
“misleading” anti-abortion summary language that replaced terms such as “fetus” in favor of “unborn child.” The court also upheld anumber of other changesfavoring Republicans’ preferred — andinaccurate— anti-abortion verbiage. To further muddle the issue in front of voters, Republicans ...