Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment to raise the minimum wage in Ohio received approval Monday to start collecting signatures for their petition.
However, supporters of the measure say they don’t expect voters to decide that this year.
The Ohio Ballot Board unanimously agreed that the initiative contained just a single constitutional amendment. That decision comes less than two weeks after the state’s attorney general’s office accepted the petition.
The board’s action clears the way to start circulating the petition proposing a staged minimum wage hike petition across the state. Maricela Guiterrez, co-organizing director of One Fair Wage, told The Center Square the grassroots group is working on getting the petitions printed as quickly as possible.
Under Ohio law, petitioners must secure at least 413,487 signatures from qualified electors. That equals 10% of the vote total in the 2022 gubernatorial election. Signatures must be from half, or more, of the state’s 88 counties. In those 44 counties, they must get eligible signatures equaling at least 5% of the gubernatorial vote total from that county.
To qualify for the ballot, supporters must submit their petitions to Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office no later than 125 days before the election. That would mean an amendment going on this year’s ballot must be turned in by early July.
Guiterrez said that’s “way too close” to try to get the measure before voters this year and the goal is to get it on the...
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