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Cincinnati, Ohio, Issue 1, Cumulative Voting Amendment (May 1993)
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| Topic Local charter amendments and Local elections and campaigns |
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| Type Referral |
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Cincinnati Issue 1 was on the ballot as a referral in Cincinnati on May 4, 1993. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported this charter amendment to adopt cumulative voting for the Cincinnati City Council. |
A "no" vote opposed this charter amendment to adopt cumulative voting for the Cincinnati City Council. |
Election results
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Cincinnati Issue 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 4,816 | 21.24% | ||
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17,856 | 78.76% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Issue 1 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the charter of the City of Cincinnati be amended to provide that: (1) In Council elections each elector may cast up to nine votes and may cast more than one vote for a candidate; (2) Each elector may distribute such votes in any combination to one or more candidates; (3) The candidate elected to Council receiving one or more votes from the greatest number of electors shall be mayor; and (4) Each nominee for or member of Council shall be a qualified elector of the city and shall forfeit the office upon ceasing to be a qualified elector of the city; By adopting amended Section 4 of Article II, Section 1 of Article III, and Sections 5 and 8 of Article IX, and repealing existing Section 4 of Article II, Sections 1 and 4 of Article III, and Sections 5 and 8 of Article IX of the charter of the City of Cincinnati? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In Clarke v. Cincinnati, the Cincinnati City Council agreed to research new electoral systems and refer one to the ballot for May 4, 1993. On February 16, 1993, the council voted 7-2 to refer the cumulative voting amendment to the ballot.[1]
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