Ohio Supreme Court partially OKs ballot language for plan to make it harder to amend constitution
"The language politicians and special interests wanted on our ballots for Issue 1 was full of lies," said Dennis Willard, a spokesman for the coalition."We're glad the Ohio Supreme Court saw through the deception and ordered changes."
In addition to the 60% threshold, Issue 1 would make changes to the signature-gathering process for proposed amendments. Starting Jan. 1, citizen groups would need signatures from at least 5% of voters from the last gubernatorial election in all 88 counties, instead of 44. Attorneys for LaRose and the Ballot Board members acknowledged the error in a recent court filing but argued it's not a"material defect, requiring new language."Republicans and Democrats on the court disagreed, saying the language"overstates the number of signatures that would be needed to qualify an initiative petition for the ballot." The justices ordered the Ballot Board to redo that part so it accurately reflects the number of required signatures.
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