Ohio Municipal Charter Proposal Delivered to Households or Other Methods Amendment (June 1980)

Ohio Municipal Charter Proposal Delivered to Households or Other Methods Amendment
Election date June 3, 1980
Topic Election administration and governance
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Ohio Municipal Charter Proposal Delivered to Households or Other Methods Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on June 3, 1980. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported require that copies of proposed municipal or county charters or charter amendments be delivered to each household with a registered voter, rather than directly to each registered voter, and allow the legislature to establish additional methods for publicizing proposed charters.

A "no" vote opposed this amendment, thereby maintaining the existing requirement that copies of proposed municipal or county charters or charter amendments be delivered directly to each registered voter.

Election results

Ohio Municipal Charter Proposal Delivered to Households or Other Methods Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		868,199	47.59%
No		956,204	52.41%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Municipal Charter Proposal Delivered to Households or Other Methods Amendment was as follows:

“

To amend Section 4 of Article X and Section 8 of Article XVIII of the Ohio Constitution This amendment would change the method by which copies of proposed municipal or county charters or changes to existing charters are delivered to registered voters. Under the amendment, the municipal clerk, or the legislative authority or elected charter commission of a county, must cause delivery of the proposed charter or amendments to the existing charter to each household where a registered voter resides in the municipality or county. The legislature may provide other means for publicizing proposed charters. If adopted, this amendment shall take immediate effect. 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

1980 Measures

• 1980 Measures
• Election administration and governance on the ballot
• 1980 legislative sessions

Ohio

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• Ohio ballot measure laws

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External links

• Toledo Blade, "Ballot Language, Explanations, Arguments, and Resolutions for Amendments to the Ohio Constitution Proposed by the General Assembly to be Submitted to the Voters at the Primary Election, June 3, 1980," May 26, 1980