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Ohio Definition of Marriage Amendment (2015)
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
A Ohio Definition of Marriage Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in Ohio as an initiated constitutional amendment. If approved by voters, the measure would have done the following:[1]
- Allowed two consenting adults to enter into marriage regardless of gender
- Gave religious institutions freedom to determine whom to marry
- Gave religious institutions protection to refuse to perform a marriage
Text of measure
Ballot summary
The ballot summary was as follows:[1]
| “ | This amendment would repeal and replace Section 11, Article XV of the Constitution to:
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Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.[1]
Path to the ballot
Petitioners needed to submit 1,000 signatures with the initial petition filing. If the initiative's filing was approved, petitioners would have then needed to collect 305,591 signatures by July 1, 2015, to get the initiative placed on the November 2015 ballot.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ohio Secretary of State, "Pending Statewide Ballot Issues," accessed February 17, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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