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In September 2023, the Ohio Redistricting Commission passed a new statehouse map by a 7-0 vote. Although this map was gerrymandered to approximately the same degree as the previous maps, because it had been passed with bipartisan support, in November 2023, the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed the three lawsuits filed against it. [9]
The Ohio state constitution is one of many within the United States that allows issues to be proposed directly to the state's population. The allowance of voter-led initiatives was written into the constitution by the Initiative and Referendum Process Amendment of 1912, [ 3 ] and since then, the official system for proposing additional ...
[8] The NOH8 Campaign was created in 2009 as a result of the passage of Proposition 8, which added an amendment to the California Constitution to ban gay marriage. Proposition 8 was effectively overturned in 2013 as a result of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision to affirm a lower court's ruling on Perry v. Schwarzenegger. [9]
The National Weather Service is surveying storm damage today to confirm whether tornadoes touched down. The Wilmington office, which covers Central Ohio, said it dispatched crews shortly after 9 ...
Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy last week ordered lawyers for the state and a group of abortion clinics to tell the court how they believe the measure’s passage has affected a case involving Ohio ...
In 2023, there were 28 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters across the country. Up from a then-record 22 in 2020. Heavy storms raise Ohio insurance premiums, pricing some out of ...
Laws that are passed come into effect on July 1 of the year that act was passed or after 90 days, whichever was later. Remove legislative session end dates. Limit legislative sessions in odd-numbered years to 30 days and in even-numbered years to 60 days.
Nov. 8—LIMA — Ohio passed Issue 2 Tuesday night and legalized the use, as well as purchase and sale of cannabis for everyone over the age of 21. The measure was passed at an almost 57 to 43 ...