2012 Ballot Board Information
Scheduled Meetings of the Ohio Ballot Board
September 13, 2012
August 15, 2012
Agenda, August 15, 2012 (PDF)
April 5, 2012
Agenda, April 5, 2012 (PDF)
March 1, 2012
February 9, 2012
Agenda, February 9, 2012 (PDF)
January 25, 2012
Agenda, January 25, 2012 (PDF)
January 9, 2012
Agenda, January 9, 2012 (PDF)
Personhood Constitutional Amendment, Certification Letter from the Ohio Ballot Board (January 9, 2012) (PDF)
Several requirements must be met before a proposed statewide issue can be placed on the ballot. Those procedures can be found here. The Ohio Ballot Board's role in the process is first to determine whether the petition language contains a single issue and secondly, to prescribe the official ballot language and any missing arguments for each statewide issue.
Certified Ballot Issues for the November 2012 General Election
Issue 1
Ohio voters will be asked “Shall there be a convention to revise, alter, or amend the Constitution?” (This is required to be on the ballot every 20 years)
Issue 2
Certification Letter from the Ohio Attorney General (March 29, 2012) (PDF)
Local Issues Results: November 6, 2012
All 88 counties had questions and issues on the 2012 November general election ballot. A total 1,794 issues appeared on the ballot is 1,794. Below are the results of questions and issues by type:
14 Bond issues (9 are school issues)
19 Combination questions, which are all school issues (broken down as follows)
4 Tax levy & miscellaneous combination questions
12 Bond levy & tax levy combination question
1 Bond issue & miscellaneous combination question
1 Question with 2 bond issues & 1 tax levy
1 Question with 2 bond issues & 2 tax levies
1,055 Tax levies (151 are school issues)
331 Miscellaneous questions (broken down as follows)
25 electric aggregation questions
10 gas aggregation questions
197 charter amendments
20 zoning amendments
52 income tax changes (15 are school issues)
27 miscellaneous questions