Ohio Ballot Board

Lawmakers say this legislation is needed because the Ohio Ballot Board has become too partisan.

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.

Citizens Not Politicians, the group bringing the ballot issue, said the Republican-dominated Ohio Ballot Board "manipulated" language before approving it.

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.

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.

Citizens Not Politicians, the group pushing for the redistricting amendment, can now begin gather signatures to get on Ohio's November 2024 ballot.

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.

If an abortion rights issue makes the November ballot, it will appear as one issue, not multiple issues, as an anti-abortion group wanted.

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.

The language for the ballot issue in August that proposes changing the constitution to make it tougher to pass amendments was approved by the Ohio Ballot Board along party lines.