US EditionOhio Marriage Equality, LGBTQ Protection Issues Can Take Next Step to Make 2026 Ballot
OHIO, UNITED STATES, AUG 12 – Ohio organizers must gather 442,958 valid signatures for each amendment to place separate equal rights and marriage equality measures on the November 2026 ballot.
- On Friday, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost certified petition titles and summaries for two separate amendments—one to repeal the same-sex marriage ban and one to prohibit discrimination—advancing them toward the ballot.
- On July 9, the Republican-controlled Ohio Ballot Board voted 3-2 to split the amendment, prompting organizers to resubmit revised titles earlier this month.
- Under state statute, organizers must collect 442,958 valid signatures from registered voters in at least half of Ohio’s 88 counties, representing at least 10% of the vote and in 44 counties with at least 5% of the vote.
- Now, Ohio LGBTQ+ advocates are approved to begin petition signature collection and have until July 2026 to qualify for the November ballot.
- With federal marriage protections in flux, Ohio laws targeting the LGBTQ community and conservative justices' calls to review Obergefell v. Hodges highlight broader legal and social debates.
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Separate discrimination, same-sex marriage amendments eyed for Ohio's 2026 ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Backers of an Ohio equal rights amendment are advancing separate 2026 ballot initiatives to ban discrimination and repeal the state's dormant same-sex marriage ban, after election officials split the original proposal in half. Grassroots organization Ohio Equal Rights had planned to place a single amendment on the 2026 ballot to prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender ident…
Separate discrimination, same-sex marriage amendments eyed for Ohio’s 2026 ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Backers of an Ohio equal rights amendment are advancing separate 2026 ballot initiatives to ban discrimination and repeal the state’s dormant same-sex marriage ban, after election officials split the original proposal in half. Grassroots organization Ohio Equal Rights had planned to place a single amendment on the 2026 ballot to prohibit […]
Ohio amendments for marriage equality and equal rights both cleared for signature collection
Ballot petition signature collection. (Stock photo by WEWS.)Ohio advocates have been approved to start collecting signatures to put a marriage equality amendment and an equal rights discrimination protections amendment on the ballot. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost certified two separate constitutional amendment proposals Friday: one would remove a provision from the state Constitution that prohibits same-sex marriage, and the other would prohib…
The Columbus Dispatch
USA TodayOhio marriage equality, LGBTQ protection issues can take next step to make 2026 ballot
Ohioans who want to end the state's dormant ban on same-sex marriage and add protections for LGBTQ residents are cleared to collect signatures.
Proposal to legally recognize same-sex ‘marriage’ in Ohio fighting for place on 2026 ballot
Advocates for a proposed initiative in Ohio that aims to win the same recognition for same-sex “marriage” as other married couples have officially begun collecting the signatures needed to put the proposals on the 2026 ballot.
The Center Square
Perry County TribuneEqual rights, same-sex marriage amendments certified
(The Center Square) – A forced split on a proposed equal rights constitutional amendment that would also end Ohio’s ban on gay marriage is back as two potential amendments.
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