Ohio Constitution

Mike Curtin, a former Democratic state representative and former newspaper editor, weighs-in on the resolution being considered that would make it harder to pass a change to Ohio's constitution.

Lawmakers made a change to the resolution that raises the bar for constitutional amendments to include legislative initiatives.

More than 100 organizations — including faith groups, unions, and some conservative organizations — are pushing back on a bill that would require citizen-led constitutional amendments to have a supermajority at the ballot box.

Secretary of State Frank LaRose, Ohio's chief elections officer, wants to amend the state constitution to require constitutional amendments brought by petition initiatives to garner 60% of the vote to be approved. Voting rights advocates and conservative groups alike are crying foul.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and others are at work on a plan to make it harder for voters to amend the state constitution.

The plan would require citizen-led constitutional amendments to get 60% approval on the ballot in order to pass.

The proposal requiring a 60% majority for a constitutional amendment would only apply to citizen-led ballot initiatives, and not to legislature-led amendments.

The Ohio Constitution bans slavery except for one reason, and at least one Black lawmaker wants that exception stripped from the state’s governing…

A resolution seems to be gaining momentum in the Ohio House that would change the process for putting a constitutional amendment on a statewide ballot.…

Ohio's elections chief has announced new signature requirements for statewide ballot issues. The numbers of signatures now required are based on total…