Ohio Supreme Court: ballot board must fix language describing August supermajority question

was a partial victory for One Person One Vote, the campaign opposing Issue 1, which calls for raising the threshold for passing future constitutional amendments in Ohio from a simple majority to 60%.

The high court ruled unanimously that the ballot board was wrong to describe the measure as increasing the standards to qualify “any” constitutional amendment for the ballot. The ballot language also misdescribes the percentage of electors required in each county to qualify a citizen-led issue for the ballot. It's 5% of those who voted in the last gubernatorial election, not 5% of all voters in that county.

The Supreme Court's four-member Republican majority ruled that “elevating” could stay — on grounds that the other verbs suggested by opponents share overlapping definitions.

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