Voters Bill Of Rights’ Gets One Step Closer To Ohio Ballot

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Supporters of an effort to add an “Ohio Voters Bill of Rights” to the Ohio Constitution soon could begin collecting signatures in their bid to place the measure on the statewide ballot.

The office of Attorney General Mike DeWine yesterday certified language for the petitions as acceptable after rejecting previous wording on Feb. 13.

Black legislative leaders, clergy members and civil-rights advocates are behind the initiative, which would require gathering 385,247 valid petition signatures of registered voters by July 2 to make the Nov. 4 ballot.

The group now must win the approval of the Ohio Ballot Board, which on Thursday is scheduled to determine whether the measure consists of a single issue or multiple issues requiring differing petitions for separate votes.

More at: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/03/10/Ohio-voters-rights.html

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