A federal appeals court panel has ordered Ohio’s attorney general to move forward on a proposed constitutional amendment that would end qualified immunity for police and other government employees. But the attorney general said Thursday he will seek a review of the decision by the full court. A divided three-judge panel of the U.S.
Federal judges ordered Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost to stop blocking a measure that asks voters to ban qualified immunity for police and other government employees, but he plans to appeal, he said Thursday.
The panel ordered the Republican attorney general to forward the proposal to the GOP-majority Ohio Ballot Board, which would decide if it represents one or more constitutional amendments. Once that’s determined, organizers could start gathering about 413,000 valid signatures of registered voters needed to qualify for the ballot. They face a July 3 deadline to file their petitions to get the question on the Nov. 5 ballot.
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