Trenton Sends Data Center Regulations to Special Election

Trenton sends data center regulations to special election

A citizen-led initiative will appear on the November ballot in Trenton, allowing voters to decide whether to ban large-scale data centers after a ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court.

Trenton passes data center ban to November ballot for voters to decide

Trenton originally rejected a data center ban ballot initiative, prompting an Ohio Supreme Court challenge and a ruling in the petitioner's favor. A vote Thursday pushed the vote to November 3rd.

Data center ban will go before voters after Ohio Supreme Court ruling

Voters will decide whether to ban large data centers in Trenton after the Ohio Supreme Court sided with residents seeking a special election

Ohio Supreme Court blocks effort to raise signature requirement for local ballot issues

A unanimous decision by the Ohio Supreme Court preserves the recognized standard governing how may signatures residents must gather to put a charter amendment on the ballot.

The Ohio Supreme Court just ordered Trenton to put a citizen data center ban on a special ballot within 120 days, after the city council read one charter word to raise the signature bar from 128 to 820

The unanimous ruling rejected the council's interpretation that 'electors' meant all 8,197 registered voters rather than the 1,277 who actually cast ballots last November.