Ohio Prayer in School Amendment (2014)
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
The Ohio Prayer in School Amendment was not put on the November 4, 2014 ballot in Ohio as an initiated constitutional amendment. The measure would have expressed that school children have the right to pray and acknowledge God voluntarily in their schools and required all public schools to display the Bill of Rights.[1]
Support
The Coalition to Return Prayer to Our Public Schools was the main organization supporting this initiative.[1]
Committee to Represent the Petitioners
- Henry L. Johnson, II
- Angela Chilton
- Louise Jones
- Esther Sweeny
- Linda Bridges
Path to the ballot
Petitioners had to submit 1,000 signatures with the initial petition filing. Supporters submitted 1,646 signatures with their initial filing. However, the Ohio Attorney General rejected the petition on two grounds. First, the individual part-petitions signed by several individuals were not properly labeled to contain both the text of a proposed amendment and separately a summary of that amendment. Second, the individual part-petitions lacked the signatures of a circulator.[2]
See also
- 2014 ballot measures
- Ohio 2014 ballot measures
- List of Ohio ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Ohio
- Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot
External links
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