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,...
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...
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Aug. 8, 2023 in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio voters have rejected a proposal that would've made it more difficult for voters to amend the state constitution, including one measure set for the November ballot that would guarantee abortion rights in the state....
The Ohio Supreme Court says a portion of the description of a ballot question enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution is misleading.
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...
November 9, 2022Ohio Star Staff 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...
If Issue 1 passes, it would raise the threshold for passing future changes to the Ohio Constitution from a simple majority to 60% — making it significantly harder for a November ballot issue enshrining abortion rights in the state to get enough votes. Some of the messaging from the outside...
The Ohio Casino Control and Lottery Commission state that after paying out winnings in 2022, all 11 casinos and racinos made a total of $183.6 million. That’s a huge increase from the $178.8 million recorded in November 2021. The state of Ohio made $60,588,000 in gambling tax revenue ...
People gather in the parking lot of the Hamilton County Board of Elections as people arrive for early in-person voting in Cincinnati, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023.Carolyn Kaster / AP Issue 1 was aballot measureto change the Ohio Constitution to include protections for abortion access. According to...