COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The vote on an Ohio union law
contributed to the state’s highest voter turnout in 20 years for an
off-year general election.
Results posted early Wednesday by the
Ohio Secretary of State’s office show 46 percent of the state’s
registered voters cast ballots on Tuesday. To find a higher turnout for
an odd-year election you have to look back to 1991, when 51.3 percent
voted.
Many voters said at polling places Tuesday that they were
motivated by the referendum on the law limiting union rights for
teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public employees.
The
law signed in March was repealed, 61 percent to 39 percent.
In
the last off-year election two years ago, turnout was 44.6 percent. That
election featured a vote that approved four casinos for Ohio.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The vote on an Ohio union law
contributed to the state’s highest voter turnout in 20 years for an
off-year general election.
Results posted early Wednesday by the
Ohio Secretary of State’s office show 46 percent of the state’s
registered voters cast ballots on Tuesday. To find a higher turnout for
an odd-year election you have to look back to 1991, when 51.3 percent
voted.
Many voters said at polling places Tuesday that they were
motivated by the referendum on the law limiting union rights for
teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public employees.
The
law signed in March was repealed, 61 percent to 39 percent.
In
the last off-year election two years ago, turnout was 44.6 percent. That
election featured a vote that approved four casinos for Ohio.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.