Ohio government panel approves spending $322k to promote State Issue 1
As part of a mandated legal notification process, the money will pay to publish information about State Issue 1 for three consecutive weeks in one newspaper in all 88 Ohio counties starting on July 16.
Cuyahoga County bracing for costly August election with high voter turnout, state assures will reimburse
Cuyahoga County estimates it will cost nearly $3.2 million to hold the special election on August 8. The state says it will reimburse expenses, but has only proposed budgeting $15 million, which elections officials worry isn't enough.
Ohio Republicans approve rewrite of ballot language for State Issue 1 following court order
The Ohio Ballot Board met Tuesday to fix errors identified Monday by the Ohio Supreme Court.
State Issue 1 ballot language must be rewritten, Ohio Supreme Court rules
The Ohio Supreme Court on Monday told the state ballot board that it must rewrite summary language for State Issue 1 to remove an error describing new signature requirements if the issue passes in August.
Ohio officials say they made an error in ballot language for State Issue 1. Here’s why it matters
State officials acknowledged in a court filing earlier this month in response to a lawsuit that seeks that the Ohio Supreme Court reject the language and order that it be rewritten.
Republicans want to make it harder to amend Ohio’s constitution. What law changes would their idea have blocked?
Ohio’s minimum wage might still be $5.15 an hour, casino gambling still would be illegal and multiple bond programs favored by state officials would have failed, had a higher voter approval threshold proposed by Republican state lawmakers been in effect in previous decades.
Senate GOP budget would cut food, housing, healthcare programs for the poor: Capitol Letter
The changes come via budget cuts to food banks, work requirements for SNAP and Medicaid, nixing a proposal to offer free lunches to poor children at school and more.
East Palestine charity accused of fraud will turn money over to local food bank, state attorney general says
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said Wednesday that the Ohio Clean Water Fund has agreed to turn over $131,000 to Yost’s office.
How to register, where to vote, when the polls are open: What you need to know about the State Issue 1 election
Here’s some quick information to help you vote this August.
Court filing: State Issue 1 backers acknowledge error in ballot language, but say it doesn’t matter
Ohio officials acknowledge they made a mistake describing new signature requirements in the ballot language they wrote in the proposal to make it harder to change the state constitution. But they defend the measure’s overall wording as fair and accurate.
Ohio part of a national fight over ballot measures: Capitol Letter
This August, Ohio will be the third state in two years to ask voters to increase the threshold to approve state constitutional amendments from 50% to 60%.
Raising money, private confabs with lobbyists and a national fight over ballot issues: State Issue 1 recap
Here’s what you might have missed last week on State Issue 1.
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