The fate of State Ballot Issue 2 and Senate Bill 5 (SB5) will be decided next Tuesday, November 8 on Ohio’s 2011 General Election day. In the spring of 2011, the Ohio legislature passed and the Governor signed into law Senate Bill 5, a collection of public employee reforms designed in part to help put the state in a new direction: a path toward economic recovery and operating within the parameters of a balanced state budget.
On Tuesday, November 8, 2011, voters will have the opportunity to decide whether or not to enact SB 5 by process of referendum, in the form of State Ballot Issue 2. The Ohio AgriBusiness Association (OABA) believes Issue 2 and SB5 are a fair, common-sense approach to helping state and local governments get their budgets under control, and earlier this fall the OABA Board of Directors voted unanimously to support a “yes” vote on Issue 2. OABA encourages its members to get out and vote in support of Issue 2 on Election Day.
To find out more information on SB 5 and other 2011 statewide ballot issues and all sides of the arguments, go to the OABA Action Center for online and printable summaries.