Ohio Mourning Dove Initiative (1998)
From Ballotpedia
Ohio Mourning Dove Initiative, also known State Question 1, was on the statewide November 3, 1998 election ballot in Ohio as an initiated state statute, where it was defeated.
- Yes: 40.5%
- No: 59.5%
Text of the proposal
The language that appeared on the ballot:
The proposed law would remove the words "mourning doves" from the definition of "game birds;" remove the sentence from the Ohio Revised Code which states: "The chief shall not establish a season for the hunting of mourning doves that opens prior to the fifteenth day of September of any year;" and add the words "NO PERSON SHALL HUNT OR TAKE A MOURNING DOVE."
