Ohio A-G rejects election reform petition

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COLUMBUS — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office has rejected the summary language for a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution that would make changes to Ohio’s election laws.

On January 22, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office received a written petition to amend the Ohio Constitution, entitled “The Secure and Fair Elections Amendment,” from the attorney representing the petitioning committee. The attorney general’s role is to determine whether the petition summary is a fair and truthful representation of the proposed amendment.

The summary was rejected for two reasons:

• The summary of the proposed constitutional amendment is longer than the proposed amendment itself.
• The summary includes a paragraph of text that is not included in the proposed amendment.
• “For these reasons, I am unable to certify the proposal,” Attorney General Dave Yost said in the letter rejecting the petition.

The full text of the letter to petitioners and the petition can be found at www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/Petitions.