constitutional amendment

The special election on the resolution to make it harder to amend Ohio constitution will be Aug. 8, but it’s possible it will face a legal challenge.

There are two vacant seats in the Ohio House and it is thought that might change the number of votes needed to pass the measure.

In January, Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill to do away with most August special elections, but he now supports bringing back one this summer for a key vote.

Republican Ohio lawmakers are considering a bill that would create a special August 2023 election to put a constitutional change before voters in advance of November election.

But one provision would not affect the reproductive rights amendment supporters are trying to get on this fall’s ballot.

Ohio lawmakers likely won't be able to do what they did when a marijuana legalization amendment was on the ballot in 2015

But Senate President Matt Huffman said he's open to the idea of requiring a 60% supermajority of voters to pass citizen-initiated constitutional amendments in Ohio.

The measure to increase the threshold for ballot measures to amend the Ohio constitution seems to be losing steam before the end of the lame-duck session.

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.