Ohio State Lottery Funds for Education Amendment (1987)

Ohio State Lottery Funds for Education Amendment
Election date November 3, 1987
Topic Gambling policy and Public education funding
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Ohio State Lottery Funds for Education Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on November 3, 1987. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported requiring all net proceeds from the state lottery to be used for education.

A “no” vote opposed requiring all net proceeds from the state lottery to be used for education.

Election results

Ohio State Lottery Funds for Education Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,984,905	77.86%
No		564,421	22.14%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for State Lottery Funds for Education Amendment was as follows:

“

To amend Section 6 of Article XV of the Constitution of the State of Ohio. The proposed amendment would require that the entire net proceeds of the state lottery be used for the support of elementary, secondary, vocational, and special education programs as determined by the Ohio General Assembly, and would establish a separate fund for the entire net proceeds. If adopted, this amendment shall take effect on January 1, 1988. 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

1987 Measures

• 1987 Measures
• Public education funding on the ballot
• Gambling policy on the ballot
• 1987 legislative sessions

Ohio

• Ohio ballot measures
• Ohio ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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

External links

• Toledo Blade, "Ballot Language, Explanations, Arguments and Resolutions for Amendments to the Ohio Constitution Proposed by the General Assembly and Ballot Language, Arguments and the Full Text of an Amendment to the Ohio Constitution Proposed by Initiative Petition to be Submitted to the Voters at the General Election, November 3, 1987," October 19, 1987