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Jul 26, 2023 · John Kasich, 71, a Republican, was a two-term governor from 2011-19. He also is a former member of Congress. When he won his second term in November 2014, he carried 86 of Ohio’s 88 counties....
Aug 15, 2023 · Marilou Johanek. August 15, 2023 4:30 am. The Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original story.) When former Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich got his hat handed to him by incensed voters over a restrictive collective bargaining law he championed, he was duly chastened.
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- A “no” vote on Issue 1 is a vote for continuing control by Ohio voters of what, the Ohio Constitution says, is their state government: “All political power is inherent in the people.
- But a “yes” vote on Issue 1 — a measure proposed by the General Assembly’s Republicans majority — is a vote for business-as-usual by a legislature elected in gerrymandered districts and beholden to political fat cats.
- For 111 years, Ohioans have been able to amend the Ohio Constitution if 50% plus 1 of those voting statewide on a proposed change voted “yes.”
- But Issue 1, if it passes, would require a “yes” vote of at least 60% of those voting on a proposed constitutional amendment.
Aug 9, 2023 · Known as Issue 1, the measure would have changed Ohio’s referendum law – lifting the threshold to amend the state’s constitution from a simple majority to 60% of the vote. Its passage would...
Jun 28, 2023 · The others are Republican former Gov. John Kasich and Democratic former Govs. Dick Celeste and Ted Strickland. Two former Republican state attorneys general, Betty Montgomery and Jim Petro also...
Jul 27, 2023 · Local News. Jul 27, 2023. TOM JACKSON. For the Herald-Star. Ohio’s four former governors, two Democrats and two Republicans, disagree on many issues. But all four stand united in opposition to...
Jul 6, 2023 · Four former governors, Republicans John Kasich and Bob Taft, and Democrats Ted Strickland and Dick Celeste, along with five former Ohio attorneys general, of both parties, oppose Issue 1.
