Ohio’s electoral votes for president would go to national popular vote winner, under proposed constitutional amendmentCleveland.com, Apr 1, 2019
COLUMBUS, Ohio—A proposed Ohio constitutional amendment to award the state’s presidential electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote has cleared an initial hurdle toward making the statewide ballot this November.
A summary of the proposed amendment was certified by Attorney General Dave Yost on Monday as a “fair and truthful statement of the proposed law,†though Yost didn’t weigh in on whether he supported or opposed the measure.
The proposed amendment now heads to the Ohio Ballot Board, which has 10 days to decide whether the submitted ballot language only contains one proposed constitutional amendment. If the board decides it does, supporters would then have until July 3 to collect 442,958 valid signatures from registered voters in at least 44 of Ohio’s 88 counties.
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Supporters say choosing a president via a national popular vote instead of the convoluted Electoral College is a matter of fairness. However, critics will be sure to mention that such a system would lessen the political clout of Ohio, a pivotal swing state in many recent presidential elections.
The proposed amendment is also opposed by the California-based group National Popular Vote, which is also seeking to create a binding national popular vote, but in a different way – a National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, under which individual states pledge to cast their electoral votes for the winner of the national vote.
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