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The Ohio Constitution is the fundamental governing document of the state of Ohio.

Features

The Ohio Constitution provided the rights for Ohio citizens and is the basic law of the state. This state constitution has the distinction of having one of the shortest preambles which includes 28 words.[1]

Background

  • The electric current (and second) Ohio Constitution was adopted in 1851. An Ohio constitutional convention was held in 1912 and proposed substantial revisions to the 1851 constitution, many of which were approved. These changes are considered by some to constitute a new constitution.[ii]
  • The 1851 constitution has been amended 169 times.[3]
  • The virtually recent amendment to the Ohio Constitution was approved past voters in 2018.
  • Ohio has a process for initiated constitutional amendments, which means ramble amendments can keep the ballot through denizen initiatives, legislatively referred constitutional amendments, or constitutional conventions.

Preamble

Run into likewise: Preamble, Ohio Constitution and Preambles to land constitutions

The preamble to the Ohio Constitution states:

We, the people of the Country of Ohio, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and promote our common welfare, practice institute this Constitution. [4]

It is one of the shortest preambles of any U.S. state constitution.[5]

Article I: Bill of Rights

See also: Article I, Ohio Constitution

Article I of the Ohio Constitution is entitled "Bill of Rights" and consists of 21 sections. The Ohio Constitution's Beak of Rights is substantially like to its federal counterpart but also includes the right to change, reform or cancel government; rights of conscience and education; rights for victims of law-breaking; a prohibition of imprisonment for debt; and the right to payment of damages for wrongful death.

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Article 2: Legislative

See also: Article II, Ohio Constitution

Commodity Two of the Ohio Constitution is entitled "Legislature" and consists of 42 sections, iv of which have been repealed.

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Article Iii: Executive

Run across as well: Article 3, Ohio Constitution

Article III of the Ohio Constitution is entitled "Executive" and consists of 22 sections, two of which take been repealed.

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Article IV: Judicial

See also: Article Four, Ohio Constitution

Article Four of the Ohio Constitution is entitled "Judicial" and consists of 23 sections, seven of which accept been repealed.

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Article V: Constituent Franchise

See also: Commodity Five, Ohio Constitution

Commodity V of the Ohio Constitution is entitled "Elective Franchise" and consists of nine sections, two of which have been repealed.

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Article VI: Instruction

See too: Article VI, Ohio Constitution

Article VI of the Ohio Constitution is entitled "Education" and consists of vi sections.

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Article VII: Public Institutions

Run across besides: Article VII, Ohio Constitution

Article VII of the Ohio Constitution is entitled "Public Institutions" and consists of three sections.

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Article VIII: Public Debt and Public Works

See also: Article VIII, Ohio Constitution

Article VIII of the Ohio Constitution is entitled "Public Debt and Public Works" and consists of 17 sections, ane of which have been repealed.

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Article 9: Militia

Meet also: Article Nine, Ohio Constitution

Commodity Nine of the Ohio Constitution is entitled "Militia" and consists of v sections, one of which has been repealed.

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Article X: County and Township Organizations

Meet too: Article X, Ohio Constitution

Article X of the Ohio Constitution is entitled "County and Township Organizations" and consists of four sections.

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Commodity XI: General Associates Redistricting

Come across also: Article 11, Ohio Constitution

Article XI of the Ohio Constitution is entitled "General Assembly Redistricting" and consists of ten sections.

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Article XII: Finance and Revenue enhancement

See also: Commodity XII, Ohio Constitution

Article XII of the Ohio Constitution is entitled "Finance and Taxation" and consists of 13 sections, four of which have been repealed.

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Article Xiii: Corporations

See besides: Article XIII, Ohio Constitution

Commodity Thirteen of the Ohio Constitution is entitled "Corporations" and consists of vii sections.

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Article XIV: Ohio Livestock Care Standards Lath

See also: Article Fourteen, Ohio Constitution

Article XIV of the Ohio Constitution is entitled "Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board" and consists of one section.

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Article XV: Miscellaneous

See too: Commodity 15, Ohio Constitution

Article 15 of the Ohio Constitution is entitled "Miscellaneous" and consists of eleven sections, iv of which accept been repealed.

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Article 16: Amendments

See too: Article XVI, Ohio Constitution

Article XVI of the Ohio Constitution is entitled "Amendments" and consists of three sections.

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Commodity XVII: Elections

See also: Article XVII, Ohio Constitution

Article XVII of the Ohio Constitution is entitled "Elections" and consists of two sections.

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Article Eighteen: Municipal Corporations

See besides: Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution

Article 18 of the Ohio Constitution is entitled "Municipal Corporations" and consists of xiv sections.

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Article 19: Congressional Redistricting

See also: Article Xix, Ohio Constitution

Article XIX of the Ohio Constitution addresses congressional redistricting and consists of iii sections. Issue 1 of 2018 added Article XIX to the Ohio Constitution.

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Schedule

Encounter too: Schedule, Ohio Constitution

The Schedule of the Ohio Constitution is follows 18 manufactures and a preamble.

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Amending the constitution

See likewise: Section 1a, Commodity II, Ohio Constitution and Commodity XVI, Ohio Constitution
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Preamble
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The Ohio Constitution lays out three unlike paths, in ii different articles, for how to become about changing the country'due south constitution.

  • Department 1a of Article II defines the right of citizens to apply initiated constitutional amendments.
  • Valid signatures equaling 10 per centum of the number of votes cast for all gubernatorial candidates in the most recent gubernatorial ballot are required to qualify an initiated constitutional amendment for the ballot.
  • The constitution says that petitions must accept printed on them the words "Amendment to the Constitution Proposed past Initiative Petition to exist Submitted Direct to the Electors."
  • The constitution established the Ohio Ballot Board to oversee ballot measures.
  • If an initiated constitutional amendment reaches the ballot, a simple majority vote from all land voters voting on the measure is required to approve it.
  • The Ohio land legislature can propose amendments for voter approval, according to Article XVI, if 60 per centum of both chambers agree to information technology.
  • The constitution established the Ohio Ballot Board to oversee ballot measures.
  • Elections on amendments proposed by the legislature can accept identify on full general election days or special election days.
  • The Ohio Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over matters relating to legislatively-proposed amendments.
  • Lawsuits against legislatively-proposed amendments, for the most part, cannot exist filed inside 64 days of the election.
  • Finally, Ohio can call a constitutional convention in 2 different ways:
  • The Ohio state legislature, if approved by a two-thirds majority of state legislators, can put a question on the ballot about whether to accept a convention.
  • Every twenty years, starting in 1932, the question "Shall there be a convention to revise, change, or amend the constitution?" must automatically announced on the state's ballot.
  • This 20-twelvemonth cycle is invariant regardless of whether the country legislature besides votes to put a similar question on the ballot from time to fourth dimension.

History

Ohio achieved statehood in 1803. Prior to 1803, Ohio was role of the Northwest Territory, bound by Pennsylvania, Canada, the Ohio River and the Mississippi River. The Ordinance of 1787, enacted on July 13, 1787, divided the territory into "not less than iii nor more than than five States."[6]

Ohio was eligible for statehood in 1802 after the population had grown to lx,000 persons. White male voters elected delegates to draft the constitution which was approved by Congress on Feb 19, 1803. At that fourth dimension Ohio was admitted equally the 17th country.[7]

After 47 years, citizens of Ohio voted to agree a second ramble convention. The growth of the state and inadequate government services were addressed and a second constitution was completed in 1851.[7]

Afterwards 1851, four more than conventions were held to reform the state constitution. Each revision placed more than power in the hands of Ohio citizens. The changes also equalized the branches of authorities. The last convention was held in 1912.[vi]

See also

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  • State constitution
  • Constitutional commodity
  • Ramble subpoena
  • Constitutional revision
  • Constitutional convention
  • Amendments
    • Initiated constitutional amendment
    • Legislatively-referred ramble subpoena
    • Publication requirements for proposed country constitutional amendments
    • Rules nearly constitutional conventions in country constitutions
    • Land constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

  • Ohio Legislative Service Commission, "Ohio Constitution"
  • Ohio Legislative Service Committee, "The Constitutional Framework of the Ohio State Regime"

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ohio Secretary of Land, "The Ohio constitution," accessed August 14, 2014
  2. ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Constitution of the State of Ohio," accessed April 29, 2015
  3. ↑ Knowledge Heart, "A Statistical Approach to Ohio's Ramble History...And a Adding of Its Time to come," July one, 2012
  4. ↑ Ohio General Associates, "Ohio Constitution Online," accessed March xxx, 2014
  5. ↑ Ohio SOS, "The Historical Documents: The Ohio Constitution," accessed March 30, 2014
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 CSU Ohio Law, "The Ohio Constitution: A Brief History," accessed March 30, 2014
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.ane The Ohio House of Representatives, "History of the Ohio Business firm of Representatives," accessed March 30, 2014

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