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52Nov 3 election

Ohio ballot measures

1 measure on Ohio’s November 3, 2026 ballot.

Ohio’s statewide measures since 2012.

days until the vote
4
of the last 17 measures passed
59%

Past ballot measures
Local Public Infrastructure Bond AmendmentMay 6, 2025Passed68%
Issue 1: Establish the Ohio Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC), a 15-member non-politician commission responsible for adopting state legislative and congressional redistricting plansNovember 5, 2024Failed46%
Issue 1: Provide a state constitutional right to "make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions, including but not limited to" decisions about abortion, contraception, fertility treatment, miscarriage care, and continuing pregnancy, and allow the state to restrict abortion after fetal viability, except when “necessary to protect the pregnant patient’s life or health.”November 7, 2023Passed57%
Issue 2: Legalize marijuana in Ohio, including: allowing the sale and purchase of marijuana, which a new Division of Cannabis Control would regulate; allowing adults who are at least 21 years old to use and possess marijuana, including up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana; and enacting a 10% tax on marijuana salesNovember 7, 2023Passed57%
Issue 1: Increase the voter approval threshold for new constitutional amendments to 60%; require citizen-initiated constitutional amendment campaigns to collect signatures from each of the state's 88 counties, an increase from half (44) of the counties; and eliminate the cure period of 10 days for campaigns to gather additional signatures for citizen-initiated constitutional amendments when the original submission did not have enough valid signaturesAugust 8, 2023Failed43%
Issue 1: Determining Bail Amount Based on Public Safety AmendmentNovember 8, 2022PassedNot recorded
Issue 2: Citizenship Voting Requirement AmendmentNovember 8, 2022PassedNot recorded
Issue 1: Drug and Criminal Justice Policies InitiativeNovember 6, 2018Failed37%
Issue 1: Congressional Redistricting Procedures AmendmentMay 8, 2018Passed75%
Issue 1: Marsy's Law Crime Victim Rights InitiativeNovember 7, 2017Passed83%
Issue 2: Drug Price Standards InitiativeNovember 7, 2017Failed21%
Issue 1: Redistricting Commission AmendmentNovember 3, 2015Passed71%
Issue 2: Ballot Initiatives to Create Monopolies AmendmentNovember 3, 2015Passed51%
Issue 3: Marijuana Legalization InitiativeMay 5, 2015Failed36%
Issue 1: Local Public Infrastructure Bond AmendmentMay 6, 2014Passed65%
Issue 1: Constitutional Convention QuestionNovember 6, 2012Failed32%
Issue 2: Redistricting Commission InitiativeNovember 6, 2012Failed37%

Most measures need more than half the vote to pass. Some need more, such as 60% for an amendment in Florida.

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