I see a few “Vote yes on issue 1 — Protect our Constitution!” signs, and I have to ask those with the signs in their yards or business windows: protect our Constitution from what? We’ve had the same process in effect for over 110 years, over a century, and what bad has actually happened in those 110 years that would demand this sudden need to change it?
The passage of Issue 1 would sabotage all future citizen-backed ballot initiatives on anything with rules designed to be insurmountable for anyone. It’s not just the 60% threshold in the bill, but also included in Issue 1 would be the requirement of obtaining five percent of the voters of all 88 counties to get anything on the ballot. One county in the state could stop any future initiative.
The purpose of citizen-initiated constitutional amendments, like we’ve had for over 110 years, is to keep for the people of Ohio the power to govern themselves.
Vote no on Issue 1.
Jerry Bunn
Columbus Grove
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