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Sep 16, 2024 · By Dan Trevas | September 16, 2024. Six of eight contested provisions in ballot language for a proposed state constitutional amendment to alter the drawing of legislative and congressional districts can remain as is, while two must be revised, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today. In a 4-3 per curiam opinion, the Supreme Court found that most ...
Sep 17, 2024 · Issue One hurts Ohio.”. The Ohio Ballot Board is meeting Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. to make what LaRose called “minor adjustments,” to the ballot summary language. The language they do pass on ...
In a 4-3 ruling, the high court ordered two of eight disputed sections of the ballot description rewritten, while upholding the other six the issue’s backers had contested. The court’s three Democratic justices dissented. The ballot language was approved by the Republican-controlled Ohio Ballot Board.
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Sep 19, 2024 · COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio election officials have approved ballot language that will describe this fall’s Issue 1, a redistricting measure, as requiring gerrymandering when the proposal is intended to do the opposite. The Republican-controlled Ohio Ballot Board approved the language Wednesday in a 3-2 party-line vote, two days after the ...
Sep 17, 2024 · Monday's Ohio Supreme Court decision on ballot summary language for Issue 1 came as a relief to elections officials, who are facing a key deadline this week. But the work on that wording for the summary of the redistricting overhaul isn’t over, as the Ohio Ballot Board still needs to meet Wednesday morning.
Sep 16, 2024 · The Ohio Supreme Court has let stand ballot language that will describe this fall's Issue 1 as requiring gerrymandering, when the proposal is intended to do the opposite. FILE - Members of the ...
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Sep 17, 2024 · The court was reviewing contested language on Issue 1, a ballot initiative led by Citizens Not Politicians to place the responsibility of drawing Ohio’s electoral maps in the hands of a new ...