Ohio 2006 ballot measures

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Four statewide ballot measures were on the November 7, 2006 ballot in the state of Ohio.

On the ballot

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	Measure 2	Minimum wage	Raise the state minimum wage rate from $5.15 to $6.85.	a
CICA	Measure 3	Gambling	Permit up to 31,500 slot machines at seven horse racing tracks and at two Cleveland locations.	d
CICA	Measure 4	Smoking ban	Provide a smoking ban in enclosed areas with certain exceptions.	d
CISS	Measure 5	Smoking ban	Restrict smoking in places of employment and most places open to the public.	a

• A total of $43,308,752 was spent, pro and con, on ballot measure campaigns in Ohio in 2006.

• Through 2005, a total of seventy-one (71) citizen-initiated ballot propositions had appeared on Ohio's ballot since the first initiative in 1913.

• With four initiatives on the 2006 ballot, the historical total of Ohio initiatives through the 2006 election climbed to seventy-five (75).

• Of the seventy-five initiatives on the Ohio ballot through 2006, nineteen (19) were approved, and fifty-six (56) defeated.

See also

• Ohio signature requirements
• Ohio 2006 citizen initiatives
• List of Ohio ballot measures
• Procedures for qualifying an initiative in Ohio
• Laws governing the initiative process in Ohio
• List of ballot measures by state

External links

• Statewide issue history from 1998-present
• 2006 election results