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...
July 5, 2023 / 2:42 PM EDT / CBS News Pro-abortion rights advocates delivered more than 700,000 signatures to the Ohio secretary of state's office on Wednesday in support of putting a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights on the ballot in November. Together, the groups Ohioans...
Washington — A proposal to enshrine reproductive rights in the Ohio Constitution will head before voters in the state after the secretary of state announced Tuesday that a measure to amend the state constitution qualified for the November general election ballot. The proposed constitutional amendment,...
An internet search for The Buckeye Reporter reveals it is one of more than a thousand pseudo-local news outlets created by an Illinois-based network known as Metric Media or Pipeline Media, which churns out content promoting Republican candidates and ballot issues across the country. A Chicago ...
Bans on Foreign Funding for Ballot Measures Gain Momentum in Congress, States June 27, 2024Ohio Star Staff Opponents of foreign funding of U.S. ballot measures expect momentum at both the federal level and in states. In May, the House Administration Committee advanced a bill to amend federal ...
Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH-13) says that he is still undecided on two major issues on the Ohio midterm ballot, including one deciding if illegal immigrants should be allowed to vote in Ohio elections. Under two weeks from the midterm election, Ryan says he doesn...
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 ...
After the GOP-controlled Legislature chose to do nothing, the measure was placed on the Nov. 7 ballot and passed with 57% of the vote. It allows adults 21 and over to buy and possess up to 2.5 ounces of cannabis and to grow up to six plants per individual or 12 plants per household...
Updated 10:38 AM GMT+8, August 8, 2023 Share COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Supporters of a ballot question in Ohio that would make it harder to change the state constitution and coulddetermine the fate of abortion rightsthere say a yes vote will provide a “defense against out-of-state meddlin...
In Ohio, abortion rights advocates defeated a ballot initiative in August that would have raised the threshold to amend the constitution from a simple majority to 60%. Now, after urging voters to vote “no” on the August amendment – also called Issue 1 – they are urging people to vote ...