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...
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 ...
State News, The Midwest, Ohio, Newselection, Frank LaRose, Issue 2, noncitizen voting, Ohio Constitution, Yellow Springs Hold on Ohio Abortion Restriction to Last at Least Two More Weeks September 22, 2022 Bradley Vasoli Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Judge Christian Jenkins (D) this ...
1 would do if passed, updated a section of text that the state Supreme Court said misrepresented the new threshold of voter signatures that amendment campaigns must amass from each Ohio county to be eligible for the ballot and removed the term “any” from the title of the ballot wording. ...
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 ...
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...
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...
And while they’re at it, changing the wording on the 2024 season schedule that hangs in the team meeting room. It lists 11 opponents by school name, then comes the 12th on Nov. 30: “TUN.” Short for “Team Up North,” as the Buckeyes refer to Michigan. Let it go. Great ...
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 petitions. They would then need about 385,000 valid signatures to get the measure on the Ohio bal...
Based on our interpretation of the legislation at SUPREME COURT OF OHIO issue and its application to the unique facts of this case, we find no preemption, and we therefore reverse the judgment of the court of appeals. Factual and Procedural Background {¶ 2} Since 1997, Youngstown Belt ...