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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]
Legislatively-referred amendment: August 2023 Ohio Issue 1, which would raise the threshold for ballot measures to amend the state constitution, requiring petition signatures from all 88 counties in the state instead of the current 44, removing a 10-day period for curing of petition signatures, and increasing the electoral threshold for passage ...
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 ...
Fortney, the Senate GOP spokesman, said the congressional map would be worse if Issue 1 passed. The measure would "slice and dice districts multiple times" rather than keep Ohio's most populous ...
In 2008, my Laguna Beach street was lined with signs for Proposition 8, a gay marriage ban. This year's Proposition 3 is to undo the unenforced measure.
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Legislatively-referred statute: Proposition 314, Authorise state and local police to arrest noncitizens who cross the border unlawfully, allows state judges to order deportations, require the use of the e-verify program for some public governmental programs and employment eligibility purposes, and make the sale of fentanyl a Class 2 felony if a ...
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 ...