Cincinnati, Ohio, Issue 3, Changes to Campaign Finance Reporting and Elections Commission Vacancies Charter Amendment (November 2025)
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Cincinnati Issue 3 was on the ballot as a referral in Cincinnati on November 4, 2025. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the city charter to align local campaign finance reporting and deadlines with the state and provide for additional time to fill vacancies on the city's elections commission. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the city charter to align local campaign finance reporting and deadlines with the state and provide for additional time to fill vacancies on the city's elections commission. |
A simple majority was required for the approval of Issue 3.
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Election results
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47,413 | 80.66% | ||
| No | 11,366 | 19.34% | ||
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Issue 3 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Charter of the City of Cincinnati be amended to (1) align the City's campaign finance reporting deadlines with those required by the State of Ohio, (2) adjust reporting periods to correspond with the timing of local elections, and (3) provide additional time to fill vacancies on the Cincinnati Elections Commission, by amending Sections 1, 2, and 4 of Article XIII, "Campaign Finance," of the Charter of the City of Cincinnati? [ ] Yes [ ] No | ” |
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing body of Cincinnati.
How to cast a vote
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, “Election Day Voting,” accessed December 18, 2025
- ↑ Cleveland.com, "Election Day has arrived. Here is what you need to know before heading to the polls," November 5, 2024
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ohio Secretary of State, “Voter Eligibility & Residency Requirements,” accessed December 18, 2025
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ohio Secretary of State, "Register to Vote and Update Your Registration," accessed December 18, 2025 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "register" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Democracy Docket, “Ohio Governor Signs Strict Photo ID Bill Into Law,” January 6, 2023
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "Automatic Voter Registration," accessed December 18, 2025
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "Same-Day Voter Registration," accessed December 18, 2025
- ↑ BillTrack50, "Ohio HB54," accessed January 27, 2026
- ↑ Columbus Dispatch, "Advocates sue Ohio over law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote at BMV," August 26, 2025
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ Florida's law takes effect on January 1, 2027
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Identification requirements," accessed December 19, 2025
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Ohio BMV, "Securing an Ohio ID," accessed December 19, 2025
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