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...
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 ...
In 2023, Ohioans voted toapprove 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 them...
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 ...
Ohio Prescription Drug Ballot IssueBerkeley Electronic Press Selected WorksMark Caleb Smith
This fall’s Issue 2 will be aproposal 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 ...
Here’s how Issue 1 will appear on the Nov. 7 ballot: Recreational marijuana in Ohio: Know before you vote Arguments for and against Issue 1 Voting “yes” on Issue 1 is a vote to add an amendment establishing new protections for reproductive choices to the Ohio Constitution. ...
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...
Ohio Supreme Court Rules State Issue 1 Ballot Language Must be Rewritten June 14, 2023Hannah Poling 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. ...
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. Opponents had argued that the amendment would threaten parental rights, allow unrestricted gender surgeries...