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This commission made a number of recommendations to the General Assembly regarding amendments to the constitution. The legislature ended up submitting sixty amendments to the people, many of which were passed. [3] A similar commission, the Ohio Constitution Modernization Commission, was established in 2011.
The 2024 Ohio redistricting commission initiative was a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment, Issue 1 on the ballot, that was defeated 53.7% to 46.3% in the November 2024 election. [1]
The 2023 Ohio reproductive rights initiative, [2] officially titled "The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety" and listed on the ballot as Issue 1, [3] was a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment adopted on November 7, 2023, by a majority (56.8%) of voters.
Ohio Issue 1 is a proposed constitutional amendment to change who draws congressional and state legislative maps. It would replace Ohio's current system of state lawmakers and a seven-member ...
Along with increasing the threshold to 60%, it would mandate that any signatures for a constitutional amendment be gathered from all of Ohio’s 88 counties, not just 44.
The way the constitutional amendment issue was rushed onto an off-year, summer ballot could mean a tiny percentage of Ohio voters will decide the issue, the opponents contend. County election ...
Section 15.11 is a provision in the Ohio Constitution that makes it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages or civil unions. [2] Approved as a constitutional amendment in 2004 under the name of "Issue One", it received support from 61.7% of voters.
The proposed 60% threshold for amendments gets the most attention. But critics say other changes could keep issues off the ballot altogether. How Ohio Issue 1 could make it harder to put ...