On July 31, the Ohio Supreme Court unanimously ruled that one particular initiative should appear on the 2010 ballot. The 8-page decision is here. The case is State ex rel Scioto Downs v Brunner, 2009-3761.

The Secretary of State had certified an initiative, providing for casinos in four Ohio cities, for the ballot. Opponents had then sued to overturn her decision, and had claimed that one of the circulators was an ex-felon and that other circulators had listed their address as hotels or various nonresidential addresses. The decision says that the ex-felon had only submitted 19 signatures, and also says that other charges are insufficient to disturb the determination that at least 402,275 signatures were submitted.