Bowling Green Residents Have More Right to Initiative than Youngstown Residents?

Mahoning County BOE blocks qualified citizen initiatives from the ballot in Youngstown, while Wood County BOE advances a similar measure in Bowling Green

A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from September 7, 2017.

YOUNGSTOWN, OH:  Yesterday marks the first time a Board of Elections has stopped residents of a chartered municipality from advancing qualified citizen initiatives to the ballot using their new found power in the controversial HB 463. The Mahoning County Board of Elections refused to place two charter amendments proposed by the people on the November ballot. MORE…