Issue 1. to Increase the Maximum Age At Which A Person May Be Elected Or Appointed Judge, to Eliminate the Authority of the General Assembly to Establish Courts of Conciliation, and to Eliminate the Authority of the Governor to Appoint A Supreme Court Commission -- State of Ohio (Proposed Constitutional Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 1,273,536 / 37.97% Yes votes ...... 2,080,207 / 62.03% No votes

PROPOSED BY JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

TO AMEND SECTION 6 OF ARTICLE IV AND TO REPEAL SECTIONS 19 AND 22 OF ARTICLE IV OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO

This proposed amendment would:
1.Increase the maximum age for assuming elected or appointed judicial office from seventy to seventy-five.
2.Eliminate the General Assembly's authority to establish courts of conciliation.
3.Eliminate the Governor's authority to appoint members to a Supreme Court Commission.

If approved, the proposed amendment will take effect immediately.

A "YES" vote means approval of the amendment to Section 6 and the repeal of Sections 19 and 22. A "NO" vote means disapproval of the amendment to Section 6 and the repeal of Sections 19 and 22.

SHALL THE AMENDMENT BE APPROVED?
YES
NO

Issue 2. Referendum on New Law Relative to Government Union Contracts and Other Government Employment Contracts and Policies -- State of Ohio (Referendum - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 1,352,366 / 38.67% Yes votes ...... 2,145,042 / 61.33% No votes

Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 5 is a new law relative to government union contracts and other government employment contracts and policies.

A "YES" vote means you approve the law. A "NO" vote means you reject the law.

This proposed referendum would: Affect public employees, in particular, teachers, firefighters and police. Prohibit public employees from striking, eliminate binding arbitration as a way to settle contract disputes, require performance based pay for teachers, establish a minimum that public employees must pay for health insurance and pensions, allow the governing body (public employer) to impose its own last offer to settle a contract dispute.

If approved, the provisions of SB 5 will take effect immediately after the election.

SHALL THE LAW BE APPROVED?
YES (To approve the law)
NO (To reject the law)

Issue 3. to Preserve the Freedom of Ohioans to Choose Their Health Care and Health Care Coverage -- State of Ohio (Proposed Constitutional Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2,268,470 / 65.58% Yes votes ...... 1,190,385 / 34.42% No votes

PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION TO ADOPT SECTION 21 OF ARTICLE I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO

The proposed amendment would provide that:
1.In Ohio, no law or rule shall compel, directly or indirectly, any person, employer, or health care provider to participate in a health care system.
2.In Ohio, no law or rule shall prohibit the purchase or sale of health care or health insurance.
3. In Ohio, no law or rule shall impose a penalty or fine for the sale or purchase of health care or health insurance.

The proposed amendment would not:
1.Affect laws or rules in effect as of March 19, 2010.
2.Affect which services a health care provider or hospital is required to perform or provide.
3.Affect terms and conditions of government employment. 4
4.Affect any laws calculated to deter fraud or punish wrongdoing in the health care industry.

If approved, the amendment will be effective thirty days after the election.

SHALL THE AMENDMENT BE APPROVED?
YES
NO

Secretary of State

• 2011 Ballot Board Report (PDF) - The Ohio Ballot Board's role in the process is first to determine whether the petition language contains a single issue and secondly, to prescribe the official ballot language and any missing arguments for each statewide issue. This pdf links to the full 60-page report.