Ohio Issue 2, Compensation Increase Exemptions for Public Officers Amendment (May 1974)

Ohio Issue 2
Election date May 7, 1974
Topic Salaries of government officials and State executive official measures
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Ohio Issue 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on May 7, 1974. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported permitting compensation increases for public officers who have more than two years left in their term at the time of the increase.

A "no" vote opposed permitting compensation increases for public officers who have more than two years left in their term at the time of the increase.

Election results

Ohio Issue 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		365,921	26.93%
No		992,978	73.07%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Issue 2 was as follows:

“

To permit increases in the compensation of Public Officers with more than two years remaining in their terms. The proposed section 20a of Article II of the Ohio constitution would make an exemption to the constitutional prohibition against increases in the compensation of public officers during term in the case of office holders who have more than two years remaining in their terms at the time the increase is enacted. Increases in such cases would be effective and payable on and after the effective date of the legislation providing the increase. Shall the proposed amendment be adopted?

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Ohio Constitution

A 60% vote is required during one legislative session for the Ohio State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 60 votes in the Ohio House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Ohio State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1974 Measures

• 1974 Measures
• State legislatures measures on the ballot
• Salaries of government officials on the ballot
• State executive official measures on the ballot
• 1974 legislative sessions

Ohio

• Ohio ballot measures
• Ohio ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Cleveland State University Law Library, "Ohio Constitution - Law and History: Table of Proposed Amendments," June 2, 2023