Ohio 2006 ballot measures
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Four statewide ballot measures appeared on the November 2006 ballot in the state of Ohio.
On the ballot
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| ICA | Measure 2 | Minimum wage | Raise the state minimum wage rate from $5.15 to $6.85. | 
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| ICA | Measure 3 | Gambling | Permit up to 31,500 slot machines at seven horse racing tracks and at two Cleveland non-track locations. | 
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| ICA | Measure 4 | Smoking ban | Provide a smoking ban in enclosed areas with certain exceptions. |
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| ISS | Measure 5 | Smoking ban | Restrict smoking in places of employment and most places open to the public. |
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Key facts
- A total of $43,308,752 was spent, pro and con, on ballot measure campaigns in Ohio in 2006.[1]
- Through 2005, a total of seventy-one (71) citizen-initiated ballot propositions had appeared on Ohio's ballot since the first initiative in 1913.
- With four initiatives on the 2006 ballot, the historical total of Ohio initiatives through the 2006 election climbed to seventy-five (75).
- Of the seventy-five initiatives on the Ohio ballot through 2006, nineteen (19) were approved, and fifty-six (56) defeated.
See also
- Ohio signature requirements
- Ohio 2006 citizen initiatives
- List of Ohio ballot measures
- Procedures for qualifying an initiative in Ohio
- Laws governing the initiative process in Ohio
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