Ohio Constitution

Ohio lawmakers are considering a resolution that would allow Ohio voters to decide whether to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments.

Voting rights groups and community organizations are doubling down on their opposition to a resolution that makes it harder to amend the constitution.

Republicans in the Ohio General Assembly want a constitutional amendment on the May 2023 primary ballot that would require a 60% vote for passage of citizen-initiated constitutional amendments. And Frank LaRose is their mouthpiece.

Mike Curtin, a former Democratic state representative and former newspaper editor, weighs-in on the resolution being considered that would make it harder to pass a change to Ohio's constitution.

Lawmakers made a change to the resolution that raises the bar for constitutional amendments to include legislative initiatives.

More than 100 organizations — including faith groups, unions, and some conservative organizations — are pushing back on a bill that would require citizen-led constitutional amendments to have a supermajority at the ballot box.

Secretary of State Frank LaRose, Ohio's chief elections officer, wants to amend the state constitution to require constitutional amendments brought by petition initiatives to garner 60% of the vote to be approved. Voting rights advocates and conservative groups alike are crying foul.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and others are at work on a plan to make it harder for voters to amend the state constitution.

The plan would require citizen-led constitutional amendments to get 60% approval on the ballot in order to pass.

The proposal requiring a 60% majority for a constitutional amendment would only apply to citizen-led ballot initiatives, and not to legislature-led amendments.