US EditionOhio equal rights amendment clears first hurdle toward 2026 ballot
FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO, JUL 10 – Ohio Ballot Board's 3-2 party-line vote requires petitioners to collect roughly 443,000 signatures for each of two separate amendments, increasing effort to amend state constitution.
- Last week, Attorney General Dave Yost approved the title and summary for the Protecting Ohioans' Constitutional Rights Amendment, marking the initial step in placing the measure on the ballot.
- This citizen-led proposal aims to repeal Ohio's same-sex marriage ban and add broad anti-discrimination protections covering over a dozen classes including sexual orientation and gender identity.
- On Wednesday, the Ohio Ballot Board, chaired by Frank LaRose, the state's Secretary of State, convened to assess whether the proposal complies with the legal requirement to address only a single subject.
- The Ohio Ballot Board, in a 3-2 decision divided by party affiliation, chose to divide the initiative into two separate amendments—one addressing marriage equality and the other focused on broader equal rights—with each requiring approximately 415,000 valid signatures collected from at least 44 counties.
- Ohio Equal Rights' attorney indicated they may either appeal the Ohio Ballot Board's ruling to the state Supreme Court or move forward by gathering signatures for two separate measures, aiming to have the issue placed on the ballot as early as the November 2026 election.
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