How it works
Right now, Ohio voters have the power to change old laws and create new ones by voting with a simple majority: at least one vote greater than 50%. It’s called “majority rule,” and it’s been working fine for Ohio — and America — for centuries.
It’s helped Ohioans change old laws like
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Getting rid of the law barring women and people of color from serving in the Ohio National Guard
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Ending the practice of party-line, straight-ticket voting, where voters make one selection on the ballot in order to vote for every candidate of that party for each partisan office on the ballot
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In 1923, a voter referendum passed removing the phrase "white male" from the description of a voter in the Ohio Constitution
It’s helped create new laws like
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A 2006 amendment raising the state minimum wage to $6.85 an hour - today that equates to $10.10 taking inflation into account
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The Clean Ohio Fund, which cleaned up nearly 400 polluted sites, preserved more than 26,000 acres of natural areas and protected nearly 38,000 acres of family farms
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A 2005 vote that created the Third Frontier economic development program focused on modernizing Ohio’s economy