/tags/constitutional-amendment constitutional amendment en-US Copyright Tue, 11 Jul 2023 20:53:27 GMT /politics-government/2023-07-11/early-voting-for-august-8-special-election-draws-long-lines-at-franklin-county-board-of-elections Early voting runs from July 11 to Aug. 4 on weekdays at county boards of elections across Ohio and Aug. 5 and 6 the weekend before the election. Tue, 11 Jul 2023 20:53:27 GMT /politics-government/2023-07-11/early-voting-for-august-8-special-election-draws-long-lines-at-franklin-county-board-of-elections George Shillcock /2023-06-12/ohios-top-court-rules-some-language-for-issue-1-must-be-rewritten-before-august-election The Ohio Supreme Court said some of Issue 1's language is incorrect and told the Ballot Board to fix it, but let other language that opponents argued was unfair stand. Mon, 12 Jun 2023 18:05:31 GMT /2023-06-12/ohios-top-court-rules-some-language-for-issue-1-must-be-rewritten-before-august-election Jo Ingles, Karen Kasler /2023-03-24/strategy-that-killed-constitutional-amendment-on-ohio-ballot-years-ago-likely-wont-be-used-now Ohio lawmakers likely won't be able to do what they did when a marijuana legalization amendment was on the ballot in 2015 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 04:18:49 GMT /2023-03-24/strategy-that-killed-constitutional-amendment-on-ohio-ballot-years-ago-likely-wont-be-used-now Jo Ingles /politics-government/2023-03-23/house-speaker-not-interested-in-proposal-that-makes-amending-ohios-constitution-harder Two Republican senators introduced a bill to bring back an August special election to allow for votes on constitutional amendments, but only those proposed by state lawmakers. Thu, 23 Mar 2023 19:36:24 GMT /politics-government/2023-03-23/house-speaker-not-interested-in-proposal-that-makes-amending-ohios-constitution-harder Mike Thompson /2023-03-23/august-vote-on-60-voter-approval-for-ohio-constitutional-amendments-appears-dead-for-now The House Speaker has quashed a plan to bring back the August special election for the purpose of voting on a proposal to require 60% voter approval for constitutional amendments, three months before a vote on a reproductive rights amendment. Thu, 23 Mar 2023 19:33:59 GMT /2023-03-23/august-vote-on-60-voter-approval-for-ohio-constitutional-amendments-appears-dead-for-now Karen Kasler /2023-03-23/republican-senators-continue-move-toward-august-vote-to-make-amending-ohios-constitution-harder Two Republicans propose measures that make it more likely that a statewide vote on toughening the process of amending the Ohio constitution will happen in August, three months before a reproductive rights amendment would go before voters. Thu, 23 Mar 2023 05:19:11 GMT /2023-03-23/republican-senators-continue-move-toward-august-vote-to-make-amending-ohios-constitution-harder Karen Kasler /politics-government/2023-03-21/plan-to-require-60-approval-for-ohio-constitutional-amendments-could-get-august-vote A key Republican leader said there's a possibility the 60% voter approval plan could go to a statewide vote in August, three months before an amendment that guarantees reproductive rights could be voted on in November. Tue, 21 Mar 2023 18:37:32 GMT /politics-government/2023-03-21/plan-to-require-60-approval-for-ohio-constitutional-amendments-could-get-august-vote Karen Kasler /news/2019-09-04/proposed-ballot-initiative-change-requires-involvement-from-more-counties A resolution seems to be gaining momentum in the Ohio House that would change the process for putting a constitutional amendment on a statewide ballot.… Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:35:57 GMT /news/2019-09-04/proposed-ballot-initiative-change-requires-involvement-from-more-counties Andy Chow /news/2019-04-09/organizers-withdraw-national-popular-vote-proposal The Ohio Ballot Board has canceled a meeting Wednesday after organizers withdrew a proposed constitutional amendment to give the state's electoral votes… Tue, 09 Apr 2019 18:54:39 GMT /news/2019-04-09/organizers-withdraw-national-popular-vote-proposal Nick Evans /news/2019-01-03/ohio-announces-new-ballot-issue-signature-requirements Ohio's elections chief has announced new signature requirements for statewide ballot issues. The numbers of signatures now required are based on total… Thu, 03 Jan 2019 13:11:41 GMT /news/2019-01-03/ohio-announces-new-ballot-issue-signature-requirements Associated Press