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Ohio Disqualifications for Public Office Amendment (May 1973)
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| Topic Campaign finance and Ethics rules and commissions |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Ohio Disqualifications for Public Office Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on May 8, 1973. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported repealing the provisions that prohibit those convicted of embezzling public funds from holding public office and that require public money that one holds to be disbursed prior to one holding a seat in the General Assembly. |
A “no” vote opposed repealing the provisions that prohibit those convicted of embezzling public funds from holding public office and that require public money that one holds to be disbursed prior to one holding a seat in the General Assembly. |
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 530,232 | 38.45% | ||
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848,743 | 61.55% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Disqualifications for Public Office Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Shall Section 5 of Article II of the Ohio Constitution, disqualifying convicted embezzlers of public funds from holding any office in the state and preventing any person holding public money for disbursement, or otherwise, from having a seat in the general assembly until such money is accounted for and paid into the treasury, be repealed? | ” |
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.
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