Drag Ban Won't Go on Ohio City's Ballot, State Supreme Court Rules
Source: The Advocate
Drag Ban Won't Go on Ohio City's Ballot, State Supreme Court Rules
Secretary of State Frank LaRose didn't follow the law in deciding to put the issue before voters, according to the court.
BY TRUDY RING
OCTOBER 13 2023 9:00 AM EST
Voters in Bellefontaine, Ohio, won’t be considering a drag ban when they cast their ballots in the November 7 election.
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose didn’t follow the law when he said the proposed ban could go on the ballot, the state Supreme Court ruled Sunday.
Proponents of the ban circulated petitions to get the measure on the ballot and collected enough signatures to qualify it, but they “switched the petitions’ cover page before submitting them to elections officials,” The Plain Dealer of Cleveland reports. “The ruling said this violated state law, which says the ‘text’ and ‘title’ of a petition signed by voters seeking a ballot issue must be the same as the petition submitted to elections officials.”
The Logan County Board of Elections had deadlocked on whether the proposal could go on the ballot, so the board submitted it to LaRose to break the tie. In September, he approved it for the ballot, saying the change wasn’t substantial.
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Read more: https://www.advocate.com/law/ohio-drag-ban-off-ballot
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