Bipartisan Group of Former Ohio Governors Are Against 60% Constitutional Amendment Threshold and August vote
Former governors Bob Taft, John Kasich, Dick Celeste and Ted Strickland alll speak out against proposal
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Former governors Bob Taft, John Kasich, Dick Celeste and Ted Strickland alll speak out against proposal
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.
In January, DeWine signed a law passed by the previous General Assembly that eliminates most August elections.
A group of Republican Ohio lawmakers are dead set on raising the threshold for passing amendments to the state constitution and resurrecting an August special election to do so. But
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Republican Ohio Gov. Bob Taft urged state lawmakers on Monday against advancing a measure that would make it harder to amend the state constitution or reviving August special elections to do it — calling the combination “especially bad public policy.”