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The Ohio Ballot Board is a committee that writes the official wording of ballot questions submitted statewide to voters in Ohio. The board consists of the Ohio Secretary of State and four appointed members, no more than two of whom shall be from the same party. One is appointed by the President of the Ohio State Senate, one by the minority ...
The board includes two Republicans, two Democrats and the Ohio secretary of state, who is currently Republican Frank LaRose. LaRose's office wrote the ballot language for Ohio Issue 1 .
The ballot summary was written by the Ohio Ballot Board, anchored by Secretary of State Frank LaRose, and was opposed by the petitioners through a lawsuit, calling it "biased, inaccurate, [and] deceptive". It was only given a minor adjustment by the Ohio Supreme Court.
The Ohio Ballot Board will reconvene at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday to fix the ballot language, LaRose announced. The panel has a tight window before military and overseas voting begins on Friday. Read ...
Download the application and mail it to your board of elections. All absentee ballot applications must be received at the board of elections by 8:30 p.m. March 12. How to vote early in-person
The next month, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled on the matter, agreeing with the first two arguments, but not the latter two, and mandating the ballot be rewritten by the state's Ballot Board. [41] The Board did so shortly afterwards and the new, final language was officially certified on May 18th. [42]
The Ohio ballot board approved changes to the summary language in key ways by a 3-2 vote. Among other concerns, advocates were angered that “fetal viability” was changed to “unborn child.”
On July 23, the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office certified enough signatures for the Citizens Not Politicians ballot initiative to appear in the November election. The text [ 10 ] of the initiative was sent to the Ohio Ballot Board , [ 11 ] its language was disputed by state Attorney General and slightly revised, and it was slated to appear ...