(COLUMBUS, OH, 5/4/23) – On Tuesday, May 2, CAIR-Ohio Government Affairs Director Anisa Liban presented testimony to the House Constitutional Resolutions Committee in opposition to Senate Joint Resolution (S.J.R.) 2.
S.J.R. 2 will require a vote of at least 60%, as opposed to a simple majority of 50% plus 1, of the electors to approve any constitutional amendment and to modify the procedures for an initiative petition proposing a constitutional amendment. This will pose barriers for Ohioans to pass citizen-led ballot initiatives to amend the state constitution and will leave a harmful impact on not only voting rights, but healthcare access, access to education, civil and economic justice, and much more.
“If an amendment is going to apply to every Ohioan, we at CAIR-Ohio believe then every community should have a say in putting that potential constitution amendment on the ballot,” said Liban.
View Anisa’s full testimony here.
