I have lived in Ohio for over 30 years and I have never been as furious at our legislature, or more determined to defeat their disgraceful attempt to enact permanent minority rule. For the sake of...

Ohio Republicans got their wish Wednesday — a special election in August to vote on a plan to raise the threshold for constitutional amendments to 60%. But the hard part will be convincing Ohioans to...

COLUMBUS — After a false start, supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment to take the redistricting pen out of politicians’ hands received the ...

Fundamentally, these anti-voter abuses are the price Ohio pays for a gerrymandered legislature rigged by the GOP in defiance of the courts and of public opinion. That kind of arrogance is what...

Once the Ohio two-year budget cycle is finished by June 30, Senate President Matt Huffman expects work to begin again on redistricting for Statehouse maps, with September as a likely date for them.

Ohio lawmakers approve plan to ask voters in August if it should be harder to amend the state constitution.

More than a century ago, Ohioans had enough of their corrupt representatives.

"If we can get this constitutional amendment passed, it will probably be the most important thing that I've done in my career."

The ability to adopt constitutional amendments should reflect the wishes of most of the people, not of a determined minority, writes Phyllis Melnick of Shaker Heights in a letter to the editor.

Ohio will be the third state in two years to vote on whether to make it harder to amend the state constitution.

After calling a special August election with the most crucial constitutional question in Ohio for more than a century, just months after passing ...

Former Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor is now the face of a bipartisan movement to stop gerrymandering by overhauling the redistricting system.

Representatives of the Steve Young Memorial Lodge FOP #24 and League of Women Voters voiced opposition to Issue during an event in Caledonia.

2 Democrats, 2 Republicans explain why

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Farmers Union is urging Ohio voters to reject state Issue 1 on the Aug. 8 special election ballot. OFU’s Executive...

Some Republicans in the Ohio General Assembly want to schedule an Aug. 8 election, asking voters to make it harder to amend the Ohio Constitution, ahead of a possible November abortion rights...

At a time when public trust in government is at an all-time low, that some Statehouse politicians are willing to trash our state’s 220-year-old tradition of respecting voters is a historic and...

Why do I feel like nothing is fair anymore? The political playing field is tilted by excess power and dark money in politics. So big and so dark, we are ...

Ohioans have a right to get clear answers to their questions about HB 6. And Mike DeWine and Jon Husted have an obligation to provide them – sooner rather than later, writes the editorial board of...

The purge was originally scheduled to take place in July, but LaRose postponed it to Sept. 28 after state lawmakers scheduled an August special election on a proposed constitutional amendment to make...

As backed by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and the Ohio Ballot Board’s two other Republicans, the official ballot language for State Issue 1 fails to give voters a clear picture of what it and...

All Voting is Local Ohio and several other organizations want to know what Secretary of State Frank LaRose's next steps are after he pulled the state out of the Electronic Registration Information...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio will hold not one but two elections before the end of the year, and Ohioans wanting to vote in August have less than one week left to register. Just one issue wil…

Opposition to Ohio’s special August election is the kind of thing an earlier Frank LaRose would have joined or applauded.

People from some of the hundreds of groups that oppose the resolution to make it harder to amend Ohio's constitution and a bill to create an August special election to vote on it marched on the...

If Ohio voters sense a theme here, they’re right. With extreme partisanship infecting every branch of state government and now lined up behind State Issue 1, it’s up to voters to come prepared to...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has scheduled a Sept. 13 meeting for the redistricting commission to start creating new state legislative maps to replace those Ohio's Supreme Court rejected.

The proposal would have major consequences for an expected future fight over abortion rights in Ohio.

A Franklin County Court judge put a 14-day hold on the law that would change who is in charge of Ohio's public education.

The $1.3 billion funneled to First Energy through the House Bill 6 bailout could have improved the lives of Ohioans but instead convicted former Speaker ...

Sometimes, when politicians fail to act, the public does. This was the case in recent years in Ohio, when the state’s voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment on the ballot aimed at...

Bipartisan former Ohio governors say voters deserve a choice on legality of abortion, and they all oppose both an August election and the amendment voting change. Current Gov. DeWine responds that he...

Complete coincidence that special interests being asked to fund pro-60% majority on Issue 1 at same time Ohio Republicans preparing budget spending.

Ohio Issue 1 has been placed on a specially called ballot by the supermajority of the Ohio General Assembly and Gov. Mike DeWine with the support of many ...

The gerrymandering that has created such currently lopsided GOP majorities isn’t good for Ohio or (given factional splits in the House GOP caucus) isn’t really good for the GOP itself, writes Thomas...

If we want a government that respects the will of the people, Issue 1 must be rejected on August 8, Zach Klein writes.

The “election integrity” argument is nothing but a cover story for deliberate barriers to our vote, Richard Topper said.

Issue 1 is a solution in search of a problem cooked up by Statehouse insiders to defang the citizen initiative powers Ohioans have had for 111 years to check a corrupt legislature, writes the...

Ohioans, don’t be manipulated and misled. Do what it takes to vote Aug. 8, writes the editorial board of The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com.

Opponents of raising the threshold for constitutional amendments have sued, calling the effort "cynical" and the August election "illegal."

If the tide of early voting and the flood of letters to the Readers’ Forum of The Blade’s Opinion section are any guide, Tuesday is not going to be a ...

In the 220 years since Ohio became a state, the General Assembly has never scheduled a special election to consider a legislatively initiated constitutional amendment.

Nearly three years after Householder was arrested for overseeing the largest bribery scheme in state history, Ohio lawmakers haven’t passed any ethics or campaign-finance reform bills.

We have a special election coming Aug 8 in which Ohioans must decide the standard for holding our state government officials accountable.

The lawsuit, filed with the Ohio Supreme Court, came just days after lawmakers finalized the plan to put constitutional changes on the August ballot.

Time to value life. Change for the future

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – There is one week left to register to vote in the November election. Whether you’ve moved and need to update your address or are a first-time voter, you have until Oct. 10 t…

A USA TODAY Network/Suffolk University poll found 57% of voters were against Issue 1, including some Republicans and opponents of abortion.

General Assembly Republicans have their Dockers in a bunch over the prospect that Ohioans — the source of all political power, the state constitution says — might use ballot issues to stymie the...

We get it, though. Issue 1 is a critical threat to the future of this state. People who believe in democracy – and the idea that a government’s power emanates from the people – cannot fathom how bad...

As a Veteran and a current Senior Non-Commissioned Officer in the Ohio Air National Guard, I will be voting “No” on Issue 1 in August.

If you haven't voted early either by absentee or in person, here's what you need to know about finding your polling place.

Opposition to Issue 1 should transcend party affiliation and individual views, writes Rebecca B. Gabriel of Shaker Heights.

Voting “no” on Issue 1 sends a message to an out-of-control General Assembly: Enough, ladies and gentlemen, is enough, Thomas Suddes writes.

The Ohio Supreme Court is no stranger to double-talk. That’s why it wasn’t a surprise last week that the court let stand some phony wording on State Issue 1, the General Assembly’s anti-voter scam.

The August 8 election speaks to whether undemocratic forces will be successful in corrupting Ohio's heart with very big lies, the Dispatch Editorial Board writes.

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.

Letters to the Editor: Issue 1 about control. Ohio voters are smarter than Matt Huffman thinks. Where is the integrity? Hypocrisy is beyond belief.

Viewpoint

A fair outcome isn’t the goal of State Issue 1 on the Aug. 8 ballot. A jury-rigged, tainted and unjust process to get the desired outcome is the goal. That’s why, if the courts don’t block this...

To the editor:

The contemptible voter-suppression mission of the Republican supermajority in the Ohio General Assembly is being met by a praiseworthy reaction from groups ...

No matter your ZIP code or your background, most of us in Ohio believe that our state government should be looking out for all of us, not just the privileged few. Unfortunately, the extreme, self-i...

After 111 years of utilizing the popular initiative as a tool to change laws and address issues, Issue 1 threatens to limit its power.

Union members from across the state gathered June 21 at Bricklayers Hall, 8497 Leavitt Road in Amherst, to educate voters on the importance of the Aug. 8 election and Issue 1. “This is about …