Butler County Board of Elections officials report that voters are showing up in droves to make their voices heard on the single issue of changing the state constitution during early voting for the August special election.
BOE Director Nicole Unzicker told the Journal-News early Wednesday that about 3,100 voters have cast ballots since early voting began on July 11.
“We had a steady flow of voters in the first week of early voting,” he said. “Looking back to August 2022, in this first week we’ve exceeded the total amount of early voting for this entire election.”
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The only question on the ballot asks voters whether to change the state constitution, making it difficult to make such amendments in the future.
The proposed change would require approval by 60 percent of voters and for citizen-initiated petitions to receive signatures equivalent to 5 percent of voters in the most recent gubernatorial election in Ohio’s 88 counties in order to get on the ballot.
