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Lawsuit asks Ohio Supreme Court to split proposed abortion-rights amendment into multiple issues, re
Lawsuit asks Ohio Supreme Court to split proposed abortion-rights amendment into multiple issues, requiring more signatureshttps://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/03/lawsuit-asks-ohio-supreme-court-to-split-proposed-abortion-rights-amendment-into-multiple-issues-requiring-more-signatures.html
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Two Southeast Ohio residents asked the state Supreme Court on Monday to overturn the Ohio Ballot Board’s decision last week to advance a proposed abortion-rights constitutional amendment in a move that would be a significant setback for abortion-rights supporters if it’s successful.
The lawsuit argues that the Ohio Ballot Board erred last week in determining that the proposed amendment is only one issue and instead contains two or more. Under Ohio law, a proposal containing more than one amendment would have to be split into multiple issues.
If the Supreme Court agrees with the arguments of Margaret DeBlase of Montgomery County and John Giroux of Hamilton County, abortion rights supporters would have to get 413,000 signatures from valid registered voters for each proposal to get on ballots in November, instead of 413,000 signatures for one proposal, which abortion rights supporters are attempting to gather by July 5.
On March 13, the Ballot Board – a bipartisan group of elected officials and one appointed member, led by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose – determined the proposal contained just one amendment. While Republicans on the board personally oppose abortion rights and have voted and sponsored bills in the legislature restricting abortion access, they had to vote only on the procedural question of whether there were one or more amendments before them.
The lawsuit argues that the Ohio Ballot Board erred last week in determining that the proposed amendment is only one issue and instead contains two or more. Under Ohio law, a proposal containing more than one amendment would have to be split into multiple issues.
If the Supreme Court agrees with the arguments of Margaret DeBlase of Montgomery County and John Giroux of Hamilton County, abortion rights supporters would have to get 413,000 signatures from valid registered voters for each proposal to get on ballots in November, instead of 413,000 signatures for one proposal, which abortion rights supporters are attempting to gather by July 5.
On March 13, the Ballot Board – a bipartisan group of elected officials and one appointed member, led by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose – determined the proposal contained just one amendment. While Republicans on the board personally oppose abortion rights and have voted and sponsored bills in the legislature restricting abortion access, they had to vote only on the procedural question of whether there were one or more amendments before them.
They want the Supreme Court to order the Ballot Board vacate its decision that the proposal contained one amendment and to divide the proposal into multiple proposals.
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