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Ohio Motor Voter Automatic Registration Amendment (2016)

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Ohio Motor Voter Automatic Registration Amendment
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Election date
November 8, 2016
Topic
Elections and campaigns
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment		Origin
Citizens

Not on Ballot
Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot
This measure was not put
on an election ballot


The Motor Voter Automatic Registration Amendment was a constitutional amendment proposed for the Ohio ballot on November 8, 2016.

The measure would have automatically registered to vote all citizens when they apply for, renew, update or replace their Ohio driver's license.[1]

Text of measure

Ballot summary

The ballot summary was:[1]

“ The petition would enact the Ohio Motor Voter Automatic Registration Amendment by amending current Article V of the Ohio Constitution to require the secretary of state and the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles to establish and administer the Motor Voter Automatic Registration program, under which:
  • All citizens who are eligible to vote in Ohio shall be registered to vote when they apply for, renew, update or replace an Ohio driver's license, learner's permit, or identification card, unless they affirmatively opt out of registration by stating in writing that they do not wish to be registered to vote in Ohio.
  • All lawfully registered voters who submit a change of name or change of address to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall have their voter registration information automatically updated to reflect the change, unless the voter affirmatively opts out by stating in writing that he or she does not want his or her voter registration information updated.

Under current law, all driver's license and identification card applicants who are eligible to vote in Ohio are asked by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles if they would like to register to vote or change their voter status. The effect of this Amendment would be to require that the Bureau of Motor Vehicles provide these same voter registration services automatically, unless the voter opts out. The Amendment would not change the Constitution's criteria for eligibility to vote in Ohio, which requires that every Ohio voter be (1) a U.S. citizen, (2) at least eighteen years old; (3) a resident of Ohio for such time as may be provided by law; and (4) registered to vote for thirty days. [2]

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Full text

The full text of the measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Ohio

Petitioners needed to submit 1,000 signatures with the initial petition filing. The petition was rejected on February 26, 2016, because of misleading language.[3]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ohio Attorney General,"Initiative petition," accessed February 16, 2016
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. ↑ Ohio Attorney General, "Submitted Petition for Initiated Constitutional Amendment to Add Section I O to Article V — 'Ohio Motor Voter Automatic Registration,'" February 26, 2016
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