Ohio Newspaper Notification of Proposed Amendments, Amendment 1 (1971)

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* 1 Election results
* 2 Text of measure
* 2.1 Ballot title
* 2.2 Full text
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

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The Ohio Newspaper Notification of Proposed Laws Amendment, also known as Amendment 1, was on the November 2, 1971 ballot in Ohio as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure required newspaper publication of proposed laws or amendments instead of notification by mail.[1][2][3]

## Election results[edit]

Ohio Amendment 1 (1971)

Result| Votes| Percentage
a Yes|  1,645,961|  64.64%
No| 900,549| 35.36%

Election results via: Ohio Secretary of State

## Text of measure[edit]

### Ballot title[edit]

The language appeared on the ballot as:[4]

“  | To require newspaper in lieu of mail notice of laws, proposed laws, or proposed amendments to the Constitution required to be submitted to a vote of the electors

(Prepared by Resolution of the General Assembly of Ohio)
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.
Shall section 1(G) of Article II of the Constitution of the state of Ohio be amended to require newspaper advertising once a week for five consecutive weeks preceding the election in lieu of mail notice of laws, proposed laws, or proposed amendments to the Constitution and further, to eliminate the requirement that a signer of initiative, supplementary or referendum petition place on such petition the ward and precinct in which his voting residence is located?

EFFECTIVE DATE AND REPEAL

If adopted, this amendment shall take effect January 1, 1972, and the existing section shall be repealed from such effective date.[5]

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### Full text[edit]

The full text of the measure can be read here.

## See also[edit]

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* Ohio 1971 ballot measures
* 1971 ballot measures
* List of Ohio ballot measures
* History of Initiative & Referendum in Ohio

## External links[edit]

* Ohio Secretary of State

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, "Ohio Constitution: Table of Proposed Amendments," accessed February 12, 2015
2. ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Amendment and Legislation: Proposed Constitutional Amendments, Initiated Legislation, and Laws Challenged by Referendum, Submitted to the Electors," accessed February 12, 2015
3. ↑ State Library of Ohio, "Proposed constitutional amendments, initiated legislation and laws challenged by referendum, submitted to the electors," accessed February 12, 2015
4. ↑ Toledo Blade, "The Blade's Endorsements," November 1, 1971
5. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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