Ohio Issue No. 2, Absentee Voting Initiative (2005)

Ohio Issue No. 2
Election date November 8, 2005
Topic Absentee and mail voting
Status Defeated
Type Initiated constitutional amendment	Origin Citizens

Ohio Issue No. 2 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Ohio on November 8, 2005. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing absentee voting for all voters.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing absentee voting for all voters.

Election results

Ohio Issue No. 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,065,109	36.66%
No		1,840,658	63.34%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Issue No. 2 was as follows:

“

To adopt Section 6 of Article XVII of the Constitution of the State of Ohio. In order to expand to all electors the choice to vote by absentee ballot in all elections, this amendment would: Provide that any person qualified to vote in an election is entitled during the thirty-five days prior to the election to receive and to cast a ballot by mail or in person at the county board of elections or additional location designated by the board. No reason for casting such a ballot shall be required. When a ballot is mailed to an elector, the county board of elections shall also provide a pre-addressed, postage pre-paid envelope for returning the ballot to that county board of elections. An elector to whom a ballot has been mailed, but which has not been received by the issuing county board of elections prior to the election, may cast a provisional ballot on election day. If the elector’s first ballot is received by the tenth day following the election, the provisional ballot shall not be counted. A ballot which is received by the issuing board by mail no later than the tenth day following the election shall be treated as timely cast if it contains a postmark not later than the day of the election. A majority yes vote is necessary for passage. SHALL THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT BE ADOPTED?

”

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.

See also

2005 Measures

• 2005 Measures
• Absentee and mail voting on the ballot
• 2005 legislative sessions

Ohio

• Ohio ballot measures
• Ohio ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Cleveland State University Law Library, "Ohio Constitution - Law and History: Table of Proposed Amendments," June 2, 2023