Ohio Constitution to get a thorough review
Published: Monday, September 24, 2012, 5:45 PM Updated: Monday, September 24, 2012, 10:51 PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio — While the presidential election is getting most of the attention on this November's ballot, Ohioans will also decide whether it's time to tinker with some of the guiding principles of this state -- Ohio's constitution.
Issue 1 on the Nov. 6 ballot asks voters whether it is time to arrange a good old-fashioned constitutional convention.
But even if Issue 1 is rejected, the state's constitution will get a thorough review soon.
In June 2011, the Ohio legislature voted nearly unanimously to establish the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission, a bipartisan group of 12 legislative members and 20 non-legislative members who will serve two years unless reappointed. The commission will meet in November and offer a report of recommendations to the legislature in January on ways to improve the constitution. Any changes would have to be approved later by voters.
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