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Senate Bill 5 repeal process has started
First step in the process has been submitted and certified
COLUMBUS – Secretary of State Jon Husted today certified that We Are
Ohio, the group seeking a state referendum on Senate Bill 5, has met
the initial 1,000-signature requirement on each of the two petitions
they filed to qualify for the November 2011 ballot. Petitioners
collected 2,835 signatures for the short version of the petition, of
which 2,506 were deemed valid, and 2,866 for the long version of the
petition, of which 2,517 were deemed valid. The Secretary also approved
the full text of the law submitted with the signatures.
The Ohio Constitution requires petitioners seeking to place a
referendum on the ballot to first submit 1,000 valid signatures and the
full text of the law, or section of the law, to the Secretary of
State’s office for certification. Once the signatures and law text have
been certified by the Secretary of State, and the petition summary has
been certified by the Attorney General, petitioners may begin
collecting the required 231,147 valid signatures to place the measure
on the ballot.
Petitioners will have until June 30, 2011, to collect the required
signatures.
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