Ohio "Right-to-Work" Amendment (2014)
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The Ohio "Right-to-Work Amendment was not on the November 4, 2014 statewide ballot in Ohio as an initiated constitutional amendment. The measure sought to keep workers who were covered by labor contracts from having to join a union or pay union dues. The measure was sponsored by the group Ohioans for Workplace Freedom.[1][2]
Support
The measure was sponsored by Ohioans for Workplace Freedom.[2]
Path to the ballot
Supporters were required to collect at least 385,247 valid signatures by July 2, 2014 in order to land the measure on the November 2014 ballot. Supporters said they had collected over 100,000 signatures.[2] However, no signatures were submitted by the prescribed deadline.
Past attempts
The proposed amendment surfaced quickly after the rejection of Issue 2, the 2011 veto referendum on the labor-related Senate Bill 5.[3][4][5].
In order for the measure to make the ballot November 2011 ballot, supporters were required to collect 385,247 valid signatures from state registered voters by the July 4, 2011 petition drive deadline. However, the measure did not make the 2011 ballot.
On November 21, 2011, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) stated that the wording of the ballot question was not detailed enough for the proposal to be given permission to circulate for signatures.[3]
Supporters tried again for the 2012 ballot. On February 1, 2012, DeWine stated that the measure's supporters submitted a "fair and truthful" version of the summary and would be allowed to circulate signatures.[4]
The measure did not make the ballot, however, as the secretary of state's office reported only one measure filing signatures by the deadline.[6]
Supporters began collecting signatures for an attempt at the 2013 ballot. To achieve placement, they were required to turn in 385,247 signatures to the secretary of state by July 3, 2013. A call to the Secretary of State's office on July 8, 2013, confirmed that no signatures were submitted by the deadline.[7]
See also
- 2014 ballot measures
- Ohio 2014 ballot measures
- List of Ohio ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Ohio
Footnotes
- ↑ Ohioans for Workplace Freedom
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cleveland.com, "Groups continue push for a variety of ballot issues in 2014," January 2, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Business Week, "Group hits snag in Ohio 'right-to-work' measure," November 22, 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 CBS News, "Ohio group's 'right-to-work' measure clears hurdle," February 2, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Plunderbund.com, "Ohio “Right to Work” backers find funding, begin hiring signature gatherers," March 14, 2012
- ↑ Office was contacted by Ballotpedia on day of deadline.
- ↑ Associated Press, "Petitions circulated in Ohio to put right-to-work initiative on November 2013 ballot," December 17, 2012
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