TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – An effort to end qualified immunity for police officers and government employees in Ohio is one step closer to going before voters.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost accepted a petition summary Monday for a proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to end qualified immunity, allowing people to sue over claims peace officers violated their constitutional rights.
The next step is for the Ohio Ballot Board to determine whether the proposal should be a single constitutional amendment or multiple amendments, Yost’s office said in a statement. If the Ohio Ballot Board certifies the proposal, organizers will have to gather a qualifying number of signatures before it can go before voters. The petitioners would need to collect signatures from registered voters equal to at least 10% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election.
The green light from the Attorney General’s office marks a major milestone for organizers, who have been working to advance the initiative for years. Yost has repeatedly rejected the proposed summary language. The last rejection was just earlier this year, citing the absence of a title. He called a summary without a title is misleading.
A recent Ohio Supreme Court ruling prompted his office to reevaluate the summary after the court determined Yost overstepped his authority by rejecting a different petition over of his objection over the title.
Yost’s office determined the language of the summary seeking to end qualified immunity accurately reflected the proposal.
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This article was published by WTVG on 2024-11-26 20:04:00
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