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[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 next month, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled on the matter, agreeing with the first two arguments, but not the latter two, and mandating the ballot be rewritten by the state's Ballot Board. [41] The Board did so shortly afterwards and the new, final language was officially certified on May 18th.
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]
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(The Center Square) – A bill aimed at securing state computer systems from cyber threats that now includes tightening requirements for citizen-led proposed constitutional amendments is a House ...
The proposition if passed would have required the state government to petition US Congress to split the state up with residents of the areas of the 3 new states being able to decide the names of their new states. The initiative was removed by the California Supreme Court on July 18, 2018. If it had been listed and passed, it would have been the ...
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 ...
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.