Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Statistical Tables for Amendments Proposed and Adopted

These tables are updated versions of tables contained in "The Ohio State Constitution, A Reference Guide", Steven H. Steinglass & Gino J. Scarselli , KFO401 1851 .A6 S74 2004

Amendments Proposed and Adopted in 1912, pre and post 1912

  Proposed Adopted % Approved Amendments per year
1852-1911 40* 11 27.5 0.18
1912 42 34 81.0 34.0
1913-2007 207 112 54.1 1.2

*This includes the three proposed amendments submitted separately to the voters in 1874 and rejected by them along with the proposed Constitution of 1874. 

 

Amendments Proposed by General Assembly (“GA”) and Initiative and Adopted 1913-2002

Decade GA GA Pass GA Fail Initiative Initiative Pass Initiative Fail Total Pass Fail
1913-1919 7 2 5 14 4 10 21 6 15
1920s 11 4 7 5 0 5 16 4 12
1930s 5 3 2 8 3 5 13 6 7
1940s 7 6 1 2 2 0 9 8 1
1950s 23 18 5 1 0 1 24 18 6
1960s 22 16 6 1 0 1 23 16 7
1970s 42 28 14 11 1 10 53 29 24
1980s 11 6 5 7 0 7 18 6 12
1990s 11 10 1 6 4 2 17 14 3
2000-07 3 2 1 9 3 6 12 5 7
Total 143 95 48 64 17 47 207 112 95

 

 


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