{"id":1947159,"date":"2023-06-14T14:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T18:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-ohio-supreme-courts-ballot-amendment-ruling-is-not-the-win-democrats-think-it-is\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T14:31:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T18:31:54","slug":"the-ohio-supreme-courts-ballot-amendment-ruling-is-not-the-win-democrats-think-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-ohio-supreme-courts-ballot-amendment-ruling-is-not-the-win-democrats-think-it-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Supreme Court&#8217;s ballot amendment ruling disappoints Democrats."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-ohio-supreme-courts-ballot-amendment-ruling-is-not-the-win-democrats-think-it-is%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1947159&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<p><strong>The Ohio Supreme Court Strikes Down Attempt to Overhaul State Constitution Amendment Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ohio Supreme Court made a significant ruling on Monday regarding a Republican-backed ballot amendment proposal that aimed to raise the requirements for amending the state&#8217;s constitution. The court largely struck down the proposed changes, which would have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-ohio-supreme-courts-ballot-amendment-ruling-is-not-the-win-democrats-think-it-is\/\" title=\"Ohio Supreme Court's ballot amendment ruling disappoints Democrats.\">required future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-legislature-introduces-first-in-nation-resolution-to-protect-against-democrat-court-packing\/\" title=\"Arizona Legislature Introduces First-In-Nation Resolution To Protect Against Democrat 'Court Packing'\">constitutional amendment<\/a> proposals<\/a> to receive approval from 60 percent of voters instead of a simple majority.<\/p>\n<p>The ballot initiative, known as Issue 1, also sought to mandate that initiative petitions for constitutional amendment proposals be signed by at least five percent of eligible voters in each county and eliminate the provision allowing additional signatures to be added after the petition is filed. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1739025671\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a7a7b5894a82db78f62933c398725eb9 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a7a7b5894a82db78f62933c398725eb9\"><\/div>\n<p>According to Ohio law, the secretary of state is responsible for creating the title for any ballot amendment, while the state ballot board crafts the proposal&#8217;s language.<\/p>\n<p>Following the creation of the proposal, a group called One Person One Vote and several Ohio residents filed a lawsuit seeking a court order to revise the ballot language or include the full text of the proposed amendment on the ballot. They also requested a new proposal title from Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the election integrity legal group Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE) filed an amicus brief arguing that the lawsuit was an attempt to undermine the democratic process and prevent Ohio voters from addressing important constitutional questions.<\/p>\n<p>The Ohio Supreme Court, in its decision, largely supported the ballot board&#8217;s position, stating that the claims made by the plaintiffs about misleading ballot language did not hold up under legal scrutiny. The court also denied the request to include the full text of the amendment proposal on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>However, the court did side with the plaintiffs on two points. It ruled that the use of the word &#8220;any&#8221; in reference to &#8220;constitutional amendment&#8221; in the proposal&#8217;s title could mislead voters and ordered a new title without such wording. Additionally, the court found that the language requiring a certain percentage of signatures from each county was misleading and overstated the number of signatures needed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-0acc3e17f7cf7d02cccb4cb4267bfbc6 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-0acc3e17f7cf7d02cccb4cb4267bfbc6\"><\/div>\n<p>Despite the media&#8217;s portrayal of this ruling as a defeat for Republicans, it is important to note that the Ohio Ballot Board itself acknowledged the need to revise the language regarding the signature collection portion of the amendment proposal. The court&#8217;s decision simply reinforces this acknowledgment. <\/p>\n<p>Leftist outlets like The Washington Post and The New Republic have sensationalized the minor changes ordered by the court, framing them as a &#8220;blow&#8221; to Republicans. These outlets advance the narrative that the proposal aims to hinder abortion activists&#8217; efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-texas-hand-biden-a-lifeline\/\" title=\"Did Texas Hand Biden a Lifeline?\">codify abortion rights<\/a> in the Ohio Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>However, the ruling does not spell defeat for Republicans. The focus on changing the language of the signature collection section has overshadowed the fact that Ohioans will still have the opportunity to vote on Issue 1 in a special election on Aug. 8.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-991a26cd27b2a595427e3148ca402250 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-991a26cd27b2a595427e3148ca402250\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ohio Supreme Court rejected a Republican-backed proposal to change the language of a ballot amendment that aimed to increase the requirements for amending the state&#8217;s constitution. The Ohio General Assembly had passed SJR 2 on May 10, which sought to mandate 60 percent approval for future constitutional amendment proposals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":1947160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4935,7386,10123,3685,21862,4333,5782,4730],"class_list":["post-1947159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-amendment","tag-ballot","tag-courts","tag-democrats","tag-disappoints","tag-ohio","tag-ruling","tag-supreme"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1947160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}