Vote No on Issue 1!
Protect Majority Rule in Ohio!
Steelworkers across Ohio, along with 250 other bipartisan organizations are working together to stop Issue 1, a Constitutional Amendment that will be on the ballot in a special election on August 8 of this year.
If passed, Issue 1 will overturn a 110-year right for Ohioans by raising the threshold to pass an amendment in Ohio from a simple majority of fifty percent plus one to sixty percent. The standards needed for Ohio’s citizens to veto unfair legislation passed by the Ohio General Assembly would be virtually impossible to reach.
Ohio Steelworkers have been here before. We know this isn't about party or politics, but power: making sure a select few have more, and ordinary working people have less.
This process was used to defeat Senate Bill 5 in 2011, when the legislature and governor tried to take collective bargaining away from the public sector. Some in the legislature have made no secret about wanting to make Ohio the next right to work for less state.
Defeat Issue 1: VOTE!
Early voting has started, so it's time to make a plan to vote and encourage others to do the same.
When does voting begin?
- June 23: Military and overseas absentee voting begins
- July 10: Deadline to register to vote
- July 11: Absentee voting-by-mail begins
- July 11: Early in-person voting begins
- August 1: Absentee ballot applications must be received by county boards of elections by 8:30 p.m.
- August 7: Mailed absentee ballots must be postmarked by this date.
- August 8: Polls are open for the special election from 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
- August 8: Absentee Ballots may be returned by mail or personally delivered to your county board of elections. If not returned by mail, absentee ballots must be received by your board of elections by 7:30 p.m.
When is early in-person voting happening?
Hours for early in-person voting during July and August are as follows:
- July 11-14: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
- July 17-21: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
- July 24-28: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
- July 31: 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
- August 1: 7:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m.
- August 2-4: 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
- August 5: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
- August 6: 1 p.m.-5 p.m.