/tags/ballot-initiatives Ballot Initiatives en-US Copyright Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:00:00 GMT /show/all-sides/2024-06-04/ohio-lawmakers-ban-foreign-contributions-for-statewide-ballot-issues Ohio Gov. DeWine signed legislation that would ban foreign donations to statewide ballot issues. But is it, as Democrats contend, a solution in search of a problem? Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:00:00 GMT /show/all-sides/2024-06-04/ohio-lawmakers-ban-foreign-contributions-for-statewide-ballot-issues /2024-05-23/republican-leaders-cant-agree-on-bill-to-ban-foreign-money-in-ohio-ballot-campaigns A Republican effort to ban contributions from foreign nationals to ballot issue campaigns in Ohio is being pushed before a constitutional amendment on redistricting likely comes before voters this fall. Thu, 23 May 2024 21:37:36 GMT /2024-05-23/republican-leaders-cant-agree-on-bill-to-ban-foreign-money-in-ohio-ballot-campaigns Karen Kasler /2022-12-01/proposed-ohio-ballot-issue-would-require-60-majority-for-all-constitutional-amendments Lawmakers made a change to the resolution that raises the bar for constitutional amendments to include legislative initiatives. Thu, 01 Dec 2022 21:02:42 GMT /2022-12-01/proposed-ohio-ballot-issue-would-require-60-majority-for-all-constitutional-amendments Andy Chow /2022-11-29/large-coalition-urges-ohio-lawmakers-to-reject-a-plan-that-makes-it-harder-to-amend-the-constitution More than 100 organizations — including faith groups, unions, and some conservative organizations — are pushing back on a bill that would require citizen-led constitutional amendments to have a supermajority at the ballot box. Thu, 01 Dec 2022 11:47:20 GMT /2022-11-29/large-coalition-urges-ohio-lawmakers-to-reject-a-plan-that-makes-it-harder-to-amend-the-constitution Jo Ingles /2022-11-17/larose-proposes-requirement-for-citizen-led-constitutional-amendments-to-pass-with-60-of-the-vote The proposal requiring a 60% majority for a constitutional amendment would only apply to citizen-led ballot initiatives, and not to legislature-led amendments. Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:48:24 GMT /2022-11-17/larose-proposes-requirement-for-citizen-led-constitutional-amendments-to-pass-with-60-of-the-vote Andy Chow /podcast/snollygoster/2019-02-07/sherrod-brown-goes-to-iowa In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss how Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) was… Thu, 07 Feb 2019 21:44:11 GMT /podcast/snollygoster/2019-02-07/sherrod-brown-goes-to-iowa Mike Thompson, Steve Brown /news/2019-02-07/environmental-activists-sue-ohio-secretary-of-state-over-ballot-initiatives Some environmental advocates have sued Ohio's secretary of state and several county boards of elections over what the lawsuit calls unconstitutional… Thu, 07 Feb 2019 17:06:08 GMT /news/2019-02-07/environmental-activists-sue-ohio-secretary-of-state-over-ballot-initiatives Gabe Rosenberg /news/2019-01-03/ohio-announces-new-ballot-issue-signature-requirements Ohio's elections chief has announced new signature requirements for statewide ballot issues. The numbers of signatures now required are based on total… Thu, 03 Jan 2019 13:11:41 GMT /news/2019-01-03/ohio-announces-new-ballot-issue-signature-requirements Associated Press /news/2017-11-09/proposal-would-make-it-harder-to-get-citizen-initiatives-on-ohio-ballots If Issue 2 had passed on Tuesday night, it would have been only the fourth time in Ohio history that a law brought to the ballot by an individual or a… Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:10:04 GMT /news/2017-11-09/proposal-would-make-it-harder-to-get-citizen-initiatives-on-ohio-ballots Karen Kasler