List of Ohio ballot measures
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From 1913, when the first initiated constitutional amendment was voted on, through 2007, Ohio voters have voted on seventy-five initiated measures, including proposed statutes and proposed amendments to their constitution.
Between 1913 and 2007, Ohio voters also voted on 142 proposed constitutional amendments that were legislatively referred to the ballot by the Ohio State Legislature. Of these, voters approved of 94 amendments and rejected 48.
Including all 205 initiated and referred constitutional amendments voted on by Ohio citizens, 111 amendments have been approved and 94 rejected.
The lists below include all legislative referrals put on the ballot by the Ohio State Legislature and all initiatives from 2000-2007. For the time period prior to 2000, the list includes (so far) just initiatives.
Key facts
- See Ohio 2008 ballot measures for 2008 information.
- Ohio residents voted on thirteen initiatives in the decade of the 1990s. Seven were defeated, and six passed. Of the six that passed, three were term limits initiatives.
- Ohio residents voted on eight initiatives in the 1980s; all of them failed.
- Ohioans voted on twelve initiatives in the '70s. All but one were defeated.
- There were a total of four initiatives in the two decades of the '50s and '60s. All four failed.
- No initiatives during World War II, but three initiatives were petitioned onto the ballot in the late '40s, all of which passed.
- Nine initiatives appeared on the Ohio ballot in the '30s. Five were defeated, three passed.
- Seven initiatives appeared on the Ohio ballot in the decade of the Roaring Twenties. All seven were defeated.
- In the decade of the 1910s, fourteen initiatives appeared on the Ohio ballot. Ten failed, and four passed. One that passed was later found to be unconstitutional. Seven of the first fourteen initiatives Ohioans weighed in on were about alcohol. The state's voters declined to pass an amendment granting women the right to vote.
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2000
1990-1999
1980-1989
1970-1979
1960-1969
1950-1959
1940-1949
1930-1939
1920-1929
1913-1919
History and laws
- Ohio Ballot News
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Ohio
- Procedures for qualifying an initiative in Ohio
- Laws governing the initiative process in Ohio
External links
- A History of Statewide Issue Votes in Ohio, compiled through 1954 by Arthur Schwartz
- Ohio Issues Procedures and Ballot Board
- List of Ohio initiatives from 1913-2000
- Ohio History of I&R since 1998
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