Ballot Initiative Tracker

Ohio Voters may get the chance to decide on a number of citizen-led initiatives. This tracker identifies the active petitions and how they far they have traveled the initiative process.

✓ = approved/no issues
❌ = roadblock

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Petition Name:

Prohibition of Construction of a Data Center

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Signatures qualified?

Not yet

On the ballot?

Not yet

Process summary:

✓ Submitted to AG: 6/24/25

✓ AG certified: 3/26/26

✓ SOS review for one subject:
4/2/26

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Petition Name:

Ohio Equal Rights Amendment

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Signatures qualified?

Not yet

On the ballot?

Not yet

Process summary:

✓ Submitted to AG: 6/24/25

✓ AG certified: 7/3/25

❌ SOS review for one subject:
7/9/25

split into 2 initiatives:

• Ohio Right to Marry Amendment

• Ohio Equal Rights Amendment

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TBA

Petition Name:

Abolishment of Taxes on Real Property

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Signatures qualified?

Not yet

On the ballot?

Not yet

Process summary:

✓ Submitted to AG: 5/1/25

✓ AG certified: 5/9/25

✓ SOS review for one subject:
5/14/25

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Petition Name:

The Ohio Coalition to End Qualified Immunity

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Signatures qualified?

Not yet

On the ballot?

Not yet

Process summary:

Submitted to AG:
❌ 5/3/2021
❌ 8/23/2021
❌ 11/22/2022
❌ 2/27/2023
❌ 5/24/2023
❌ 8/9/2023
❌ 11/8/2023
❌ 3/5/2024
✓ 7/5/2024

✓ AG certified: 11/25/24

✓ SOS review for one subject:
4/29/25

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