Ohio Right to Local Initiative and Referendum Initiative (2018)
| Ohio Right to Local Initiative and Referendum Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Direct democracy measures and County and municipal governance | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Ohio Right to Local Initiative and Referendum Initiative was not on the ballot in Ohio as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have established a constitutional right to initiative and referendum powers in counties and townships.[1]
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article I, Ohio Constitution
The measure would have added a Section 23 to Article I of the Ohio Constitution.[1]
Full text
The full text of the initiative is available here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Ohio, the number of signatures required to get an initiated constitutional amendment placed on the ballot is equal to 10 percent of the votes cast in the preceding gubernatorial election. Ohio also requires initiative sponsors to submit 1,000 signatures with the initial petition application. Ohio has a signature distribution requirement, which requires that signatures be gathered from at least 44 of Ohio's 88 counties. Petitioners must gather signatures equal to a minimum of half the total required percentage of the gubernatorial vote in each of the 44 counties. Petitions are allowed to circulate for an indefinite period of time. Signatures are due 125 days prior to the general election that proponents want the initiative on.
The requirements to get an initiated constitutional amendment certified for the 2018 ballot:
- Signatures: 306,591 valid signatures were required to get an indirect initiative on the ballot, including 1,000 signatures to file the proposal and 305,591 signatures for the initiative.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit the signatures was July 4, 2018.
County boards of elections are responsible for verifying signatures, and the secretary of state must determine the sufficiency of the signature petition at least 105 days before the election. If the first batch of signatures is determined to be insufficient, the petitioners are given a ten-day window to collect more signatures.
Details about this initiative
Petitioners submitted a petition, along with 2,030 signatures, for the initiative to the Ohio attorney general on November 17, 2017.[1] Attorney General Mike DeWine determined that the initiative petition was fair and truthful on November 27, 2017. The petition was forwarded to the Ohio Ballot Board, which determined that the petition met the state's single-subject rule on December 5, 2017.[2] Signatures were not filed for the ballot initiative.
See also
- 2018 ballot measures
- Ohio 2018 ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Ohio
- Laws governing local ballot measures in Ohio
External links
Footnotes
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