By MARC KOVAC
COLUMBUS
The Ohio Supreme Court ordered Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and the Ohio Ballot Board to “immediately certify” a Tea Party group’s ballot petition language as one amendment, allowing the Ohio Liberty Council to move forward with its efforts to counter the new federal health-care mandate.
The decision Thursday changes the ballot board’s certification of the petition language as two separate constitutional amendments — a move that would have forced backers to get voter signatures on two separate petitions to place the issue on the ballot.
But the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the ballot board “abused its discretion and clearly disregarded” state law in its decision.
The amendment proposed by the Ohio Liberty Council would prohibit any law or rule that forces individuals, employers or health-care providers to buy or sell health care or insurance or levies a fine against those that choose not to participate.
To place the issue on the November ballot, proponents will have to gather more than 400,000 valid signatures from registered Ohio voters by the end of June.
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I want to sign that petition
Not a chance in hell they will get 400,000 in 2 months.
Just like crowd estimates and the size of their brains, teabaggers tend to over estimate the size of their "movement".
Of the 60% or so not in favor, half of them wanted "single-payer", so they're definitely not on the side of the teabaggers.
I'm part of that 30 odd percent who'd like to see single-payer, but I'll take Obamacare over the alternative of doing nothing.
How about passing a referendum that stops spending my taxes on wars I never supported from the beginning.
The President should never govern based on polls. Period.
As a Christian I support providing healthcare for more citizens. I will be on the right side of history.
That's pretty amazing, USA, you've managed to write a post almost entirely out of falsehoods.
I'm with you being against age discrimination. In fact, since you weren't able to become educated the first time around, why don't you take advantage of all the options open to senior citizens at local universities. It's usually free, as well, just like how you pay no taxes, but enjoy many of the benefits.
It's never too late to start learning.
Nice to see the Court put the political hack called Jennifer Brunner in her place.