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The Ohio Ballot Board was charged with deciding whether the language for the Ohio Voters Bill of Rights would be one ballot issue or more.
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Lawmakers say this legislation is needed because the Ohio Ballot Board has become too partisan.
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Supporters of the amendment to change the redistricting process have filed a lawsuit against the five members of the Ohio Ballot Board, though two of them didn’t vote for the language at the center of the suit.
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Citizens Not Politicians, the group bringing the ballot issue, said the Republican-dominated Ohio Ballot Board "manipulated" language before approving it.
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Republican Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has proposed a three-page ballot language summary, which supporters of the amendment said is an effort to rig the election.
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The group Citizens Not Politicians has submitted language it would like the Ohio Ballot Board to put before voters in November, but the panel doesn't have to approve it.
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Citizens Not Politicians, the group pushing for the redistricting amendment, can now begin gather signatures to get on Ohio's November 2024 ballot.
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Supporters of Issue 1, which would guarantee abortion and reproductive rights in Ohio’s constitution, say the language Republicans approved for voters to read is biased and inaccurate.
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If an abortion rights issue makes the November ballot, it will appear as one issue, not multiple issues, as an anti-abortion group wanted.
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The coalition that filed an earlier lawsuit against the amendment itself has lodged a legal complaint, saying the Ballot Board is allowing the use of misleading language for the amendment Ohio voters could decide in August.