CLARK COUNTY, OH - The Clark County Board of Elections today certified the ballot for the November 3 Election. The certified candidates and issues will appear as listed:

TOWNSHIP OF BETHEL

For Township Trustee

(Vote for not more than 1)

• Douglas Frank

• Nancy L. Marine

• David A. Phares

 

 

For Fiscal Officer

(Vote for not more than 1)

• Melanie M. Cochran

 

CITY OF NEW CARLISLE

For Member of Council

(Vote for not more than 4)

• Bob Alexander

• Darryl Bauer

• William Lindsey

• Mike Lowrey

• Bill McIntire

• Ethan Reynolds

 

TOWNSHIP OF PIKE

For Township Trustee

(Vote for not more than 1)

•  Adam Steele

 

For Fiscal Officer

(Vote for not more than 1)

• Cheryl Sigler

 

 NORTHWESTERN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

For Member of Board of Education

(Vote for not more than 2)

• Libbee Hasting

• Sri Melethil

• Paul L. Snyder

• Russell Steele

• Andy Gundolf

 

TECUMSEH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

 For Member of Board of Education

  (Vote for not more than 2)

• Kevin K. E. Becker

• Gary P. Cochran

• Brett Collins

• Peter Scarff

• Corinne M. Scott

For Judge of Municipal Court

(Full term commencing 01-01-2016) (Vote for not more than 1)

• Thomas E. Trempe

 

For Judge of Municipal Court

(Full term commencing 01-02-2016) (Vote for not more than 1)

• Eugene S. Nevius

• Daniel D. Carey

 

CLARK COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER

For Member of Governing Board of Educational Service Center

(Vote for not more than 2)

• Kelly Reynolds

• Stan Wenclewicz

• Richard Zsambok

• Amy Agle Foreman

• Linda A. Jordan

 

ISSUES

 Issue One

Creates a bipartisan, public process for drawing legislative districts

Proposed Constitutional Amendment

Proposed by Joint Resolution of the General Assembly

To enact new Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of Article XI and torepeal Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,

13, 14, and 15 of Article XI of the Constitution of the State of Ohio.

 A majority yes vote is necessary for the amendment to pass.

The proposed amendment would:

• End the partisan process for drawing Ohio House and Senate districts, and replace it with a bipartisan process with the goal of having district boundaries that are more compact and politically competitive.

• Ensure a transparent process by requiring public meetings, public display of maps, and a public letter explaining any plan the Commission adopts by a simple majority vote.

• Establish the bipartisan Ohio Redistricting Commission, composed of 7 members including the Governor, the Auditor of State, the Secretary of State, and 4 members appointed by the majority and minority leaders of the General Assembly.

• Require a bipartisan majority vote of 4 members in order to adopt any final district plan, and prevent deadlock by limiting the length of time any plan adopted without bipartisan support is effective.

If passed, the amendment will become effective immediately.

 SHALL THEAMENDMENT BE APPROVED?

 YES  NO

 

Issue Two

Anti-monopoly amendment; protects the initiative process from being used for personal economic benefit

Proposed Constitutional Amendment

Proposed by Joint Resolution of the General Assembly

Proposing to amend Section 1e of Article II of the Constitution of the State of Ohio.

 A majority yes vote is necessary for the amendment to pass.

The proposed amendment would:

• Prohibit any petitioner from using the Ohio Constitution to grant a monopoly, oligopoly, or cartel for their exclusive financial benefit or to establish a preferential tax status.

• Prohibit any petitioner from using the Ohio Constitution to grant a commercial interest, right, or license that is not available to similarly situated persons or nonpublic entities.

• Require the bipartisan Ohio Ballot Board to determine if a proposed constitutional amendment violates the prohibitions above, and if it does, present two separate ballot questions to voters. Both ballot questions must receive a majority yes vote before the proposed amendment could take effect.

• Prohibit from taking effect any proposed constitutional amendment appearing on the November 3, 2015 General Election ballot that creates a monopoly, oligopoly, or cartel for the sale, distribution, or other use of any federal Schedule I controlled substance.

• The Ohio Supreme Court has original, exclusive jurisdiction in any action related to the proposal.

If passed, the amendment will become effective immediately.

 SHALL THE AMENDMENT BE APPROVED?

YES NO

 

Issue Three

Grants a monopoly for the commercial production and sale of marijuana for recreational and medicinal purposes

Proposed Constitutional Amendment

Proposed by Initiative Petition

 To add Section 12 of Article XV of the Constitution of the State of Ohio.

 Amajority yes vote is necessary for the amendment topass.

The proposed amendment would:

 • Endow exclusive rights for commercial marijuana growth, cultivation, and extraction to self-designated landowners who own ten predetermined parcels of land in Butler, Clermont, Franklin, Hamilton, Licking, Lorain, Lucas, Delaware, Stark, and Summit Counties. One additional location may be allowed for in four years.

 • Permit retail sale of recreational marijuana at approximately 1,100 locations statewide.

 • Legalize the production of marijuana-infused products, including edible products, concentrates, sprays, ointments and tinctures by marijuana product manufacturing facilities.

 • Allow each person, 21 years of age or older, to purchase, grow, possess, use, transport and share over one-half pound of marijuana or its equivalent in marijuana-infused products at a time (atotal of 8 ounces of usable, homegrown marijuana for recreational use, plus 1 ounce of purchased marijuana for recreational use), plus 4 homegrown, flowering marijuana plants. Authorize the use of medical marijuana by any person, regardless of age, who has a certification for a debilitating medical condition.

 • Permits marijuana growing, cultivation and extraction facilities, product manufacturing facilities, retail marijuana stores and not-for-profit medical marijuana dispensaries to be within 1,000 feet of a house of worship; a publicly owned library; a public or chartered non-public elementary or secondary school; or a child day-care center, or playground that is built after January 1, 2015 or after the date the marijuana operation applies for a license to operate.

 • Prohibit any local or state law, including zoning laws, frombeing applied to prohibit the development or operation of marijuana growth, cultivation, and extraction facilities, retail marijuana stores, and medical marijuana dispensaries unless the area is zoned exclusively residential as of January 1, 2015 or as of the date that an application for a license is first filed for a marijuana establishment.

 • Create a special tax rate limited to 15% on gross revenue of each marijuana growth, cultivation, and extraction facility and marijuana product manufacturing facility and a special tax rate limited to 5% on gross revenue of each retail marijuana store. Revenues fromthe tax go to a municipal and township government fund, a strong county fund, and the marijuana control commission fund.

 • Create a marijuana incubator in Cuyahoga County to promote growth and development of the marijuana industry and locate marijuana testing facilities near colleges and universities in Athens, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Mahoning, Scioto and Wood Counties, at a minimum.

 • Limits the ability of the legislature and local governments fromregulating the manufacture, sales, distribution and use of marijuana and marijuana products. Create a new state government agency called the marijuana control commission (with limited authority) to regulate the industry, comprised of seven Ohio residents appointed by the Governor, including a physician, a law enforcement officer, an administrative lawattorney, a patient advocate, a resident experienced in owning, developing, managing and operating businesses, a resident with experience in the legal marijuana industry, and a member of the public.

 SHALL THE AMENDMENT BE APPROVED?

 YES NO

 

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal) Clark County Park District

 A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.

 A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Clark County Park District for the purpose of parks and recreation purposes at a rate not exceeding 0.6 mill for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.06 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for 10 years, commencing in 2016, first due in calendar year 2017.

 For the Tax Levy Against the Tax Levy

 

Proposed Tax Levy (Additional) Clark County

 A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.

 An additional tax for the benefit of Clark County for the purpose of the maintenance and operation of a free public museumof art, science, or history, by the Clark County Historical Society Inc., doing business as The Heritage Center of Clark County, or any successor, at a rate not exceeding 0.3 mill for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.03 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for 5 years, commencing in 2015, first due in calendar year 2016.

 For the Tax Levy

Against the Tax Levy