Ohio Initiative Proponents Sue in State Court to Lower Number of Signatures for Statewide Initiatives

On March 30, an Ohio group in support of an initiative to raise the minimum wage sued in state court to ask for a reduction in the number of signatures for 2020 only. The group had collected 73,968 signatures by March 12. Ohioans for Raising the Wage v LaRose, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, 20-cv-2381. The lawsuit also seeks to suspend the requirement that the petition have a significant number of signatures in at least 44 counties. The statewide requirement is 452,958, and the group asks that it be lowered to 265,774. Thanks to Pat Quinn for this news.


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Ohio Initiative Proponents Sue in State Court to Lower Number of Signatures for Statewide Initiatives — 2 Comments

  1. Even if the signature requirement gets reduced to what us being requested, it may still be close to impossible to get them under this lockdown and mass fear and paranoia.

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