Combined ballot

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Governor/Lt Governor; State of Ohio

• Ted Strickland/Lee Fisher, Democratic
  2,435,384 votes 60.5%
• J. Kenneth Blackwell/Thomas Raga, Republican
  1,474,285 votes 36.6%
• William S. Peirce/Mark M. Noble, Independent
  71,468 votes 1.8%
• Robert Fitrakis/Anita Rios, Independent
  40,965 votes 1.0%
• James Lundeen/Kevin Becker (Write-In)
  579 votes 0.0%
• Larry Bays/Debra K. Fries, Independent (Write-In)
  73 votes 0.0%

Attorney General; State of Ohio

• Marc Dann, Democratic
  2,035,757 votes 52.6%
• Betty Montgomery, Republican
  1,833,796 votes 47.4%

Auditor of State; State of Ohio

• Mary Taylor, Republican
  1,940,611 votes 50.6%
• Barbara Sykes, Democratic
  1,891,785 votes 49.4%

Secretary of State; State of Ohio

• Jennifer L. Brunner, Democratic
  2,104,010 votes 55.0%
• Greg Hartmann, Republican
  1,546,417 votes 40.4%
• John A. Eastman, Independent
  94,696 votes 2.5%
• Timothy J. Kettler, Independent
  78,075 votes 2.0%

Treasurer of State; State of Ohio

• Richard Cordray, Democratic
  2,223,169 votes 57.9%
• Sandra O'Brien, Republican
  1,618,581 votes 42.1%

US Legislature

US Representative; District 10

• Dennis J. Kucinich, Democratic
  138,393 votes 66.4%
• Michael D. Dovilla, Republican
  69,996 votes 33.6%

US Representative; District 11

• Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Democratic
  146,799 votes 83.4%
• Lindsey N. String, Republican
  29,125 votes 16.6%

US Representative; District 13

• Betty Sutton, Democratic
  135,639 votes 61.2%
• Craig Foltin, Republican
  85,922 votes 38.8%

US Representative; District 14

• Steven C. LaTourette, Republican
  144,069 votes 57.6%
• Lewis R. Katz, Democratic
  97,753 votes 39.1%
• Werner J. Lange, Independent
  8,500 votes 3.4%

United States Senate

• Sherrod Brown, Democratic
  2,257,369 votes 56.2%
• Mike DeWine, Republican
  1,761,037 votes 43.8%
• Richard Duncan, Independent (Write-In)
  830 votes 0.0%

State Representative; District 7

• Kenny Yuko, Democratic
  26,313 votes 79.6%
• Beverly Valencic, Republican
  6,742 votes 20.4%

State Representative; District 8

• Armond Budish, Democratic
  33,046 votes 100.0%

State Representative; District 9

• Barbara Boyd, Democratic
  26,899 votes 83.7%
• Jimmie Hicks, Jr., Republican
  5,253 votes 16.3%

State Representative; District 10

• Eugene R. Miller, Democratic
  16,791 votes 84.1%
• Rosalind A. McAllister, Republican
  3,169 votes 15.9%

State Representative; District 11

• Sandra Williams, Democratic
  17,681 votes 100.0%

State Representative; District 12

• Michael DeBose, Democratic
  27,823 votes 88.8%
• Anthony Cefaratti, Republican
  3,497 votes 11.2%

State Representative; District 13

• Michael J. Skindell, Democratic
  19,936 votes 77.3%
• John Patrick Hildebrand, Jr., Republican
  5,868 votes 22.7%

State Representative; District 14

• Mike Foley, Democratic
  24,061 votes 76.6%
• William J. McGivern, Republican
  7,358 votes 23.4%

State Representative; District 15

• Timothy J. DeGeeter, Democratic
  27,817 votes 74.7%
• David G. Fago, Republican
  9,397 votes 25.3%

State Representative; District 16

• Jennifer Brady, Democratic
  25,521 votes 50.9%
• Edward Fitzpatrick Herman, Republican
  24,571 votes 49.1%

State Representative; District 17

• Josh Mandel, Republican
  36,716 votes 67.0%
• Roger J. Goudy, Democratic
  18,044 votes 33.0%

State Representative; District 18

• Thomas F. Patton, Republican
  26,118 votes 58.5%
• John M. Celebrezze, Democratic
  18,509 votes 41.5%

State Representative; District 98

• Matthew J. Dolan, Republican
  26,518 votes 56.7%
• Raymond Ku, Democratic
  20,257 votes 43.3%

State Senator; District 21

• Shirley A. Smith, Democratic
  61,489 votes 85.3%
• Richard L. Norris, Republican
  10,560 votes 14.7%

State Senator; District 23

• Dale Miller, Democratic
  64,540 votes 68.0%
• Howard Shrimpton, Republican
  18,719 votes 19.7%
• Jim Craciun
  11,712 votes 12.3%

State Senator; District 25

• Lance T. Mason, Democratic
  79,672 votes 77.5%
• David Lynch, Republican
  23,116 votes 22.5%

Judicial

Judge; Ohio State Supreme Court; 6 Year Term Starting 1/1/07

• Terrence O'Donnell
  1,903,625 votes 58.7%
• William Michael O'Neill
  1,341,196 votes 41.3%

Judge; Ohio State Supreme Court; 6 Year Term Starting 1/2/07

• Robert R. Cupp
  1,600,832 votes 53.7%
• Ben Espy
  1,381,169 votes 46.3%

Judge; Ohio State Court of Appeals; District 8; 6 Year

• Melody J. Stewart
  201,170 votes 62.5%
• Robert Brian Moriarty
  120,952 votes 37.5%

Judge; Ohio State Court of Appeals; District 8; 6 Year Term Starting 1/01/07

• Frank D. Celebrezze, Jr.
  271,419 votes 100.0%

Judge; Ohio State Court of Appeals; District 8; 6 Year Term Starting 1/02/07

• James L. Sweeney
  266,397 votes 100.0%

Judge; Ohio State Court of Appeals; District 8; 6 Year Term Starting 1/03/07

• Colleen Conway Cooney
  253,304 votes 100.0%

Judge; Ohio State Court of Appeals; District 8; 6 Year Term Starting 2/09/07

• Mary J. Boyle
  256,507 votes 71.1%
• Ralph J. Perk
  104,200 votes 28.9%

Issue 1 Referendum on Am. Sub. SB 7 - Workers' Compensation

Shall certain measures from Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 7 to reform Ohio's Workers' Compensation Law be approved?

Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 7 makes changes to Ohio's Workers' Compensation Law, including the following:

Changes procedures for determining the amount of compensation that may be received for wage loss or permanent total disability. Allows workers' compensation and benefits to be awarded to a victim of sexual assault at the workplace. Prohibits certain prisoners from receiving workers' compensation and benefits while confined to a county jail and designates the Bureau of Workers' Compensation Special Investigation Department a criminal justice agency. Exempts the addresses and phone numbers of workers receiving workers' compensation and benefits from Ohio's Public Records Law and from public access, except to journalists. Allows employment in a sheltered workshop for injured workers with traumatic brain injuries even if a worker is receiving workers' compensation and benefits. Requires that workers demonstrate "substantial aggravation" of a pre-existing condition by certain objective criteria before workers' compensation and benefits may be awarded, specifies eligibility qualifications for permanent total disability compensation, and reduces the time frame for which claims may be brought. Improves the ability to settle workers' compensation claims under certain conditions, voids certain settlement agreements upon death, increases amounts available on specified attorneys' fees and changes rules of procedure related to certain appeals. Prevents the Workers' Compensation Oversight Commission from setting a different policy than requirements outlined in Ohio law regarding who may serve as investment managers. Allows self-insuring employers to pay compensation and benefits directly under certain conditions. IF APPROVED, THESE AMENDMENTS AND ENACTMENTS WILL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

Issue 2 Proposed Constitutional Amendment

To adopt Section 34a of Article II of the Constitution of the State of Ohio. Except as provided in this section, every employer shall pay their employees a wage rate of not less than six dollars and eighty-five cents per hour beginning January 1, 2007. On the thirtieth day of each September, beginning in 2007, this state minimum wage rate shall be increased effective the first day of the following January by the rate of inflation for the twelve month period prior to that September according to the consumer price index or its successor index for all urban wage earners and clerical workers for all items as calculated by the federal government rounded to the nearest five cents. Employees under the age of sixteen and employees of businesses with annual gross receipts of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or less for the preceding calendar year shall be paid a wage rate of not less than that established under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act or its successor law. This gross revenue figure shall be increased each year beginning January 1, 2008 by the change in the consumer price index or its successor index in the same manner as the required annual adjustment in the minimum wage rate set forth above rounded to the nearest one thousand dollars. An employer may pay an employee less than, but not less than half, the minimum wage rate required by this section if the employer is able to demonstrate that the employee receives tips that combined with the wages paid by the employer are equal to or greater than the minimum wage rate for all hours worked. The provisions of this section shall not apply to employees of a solely family owned and operated business who are family members of an owner. The state may issue licenses to employers authorizing payment of a wage rate below that required by this section to individuals with mental or physical disabilities that may otherwise adversely affect their opportunity for employment. As used in this section: "employer," "employee," "employ," "person" and "independent contractor" have the same meanings as under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act or its successor law, except that "employer" shall also include the state and every political subdivision and "employee" shall not include an individual employed in or about the property of the employer or individual's residence on a casual basis. Only the exemptions set forth in this section shall apply to this section. An employer shall at the time of hire provide an employee the employer's name, address, telephone number, and other contact information and update such information when it changes. An employer shall maintain a record of the name, address, occupation, pay rate, hours worked for each day worked and each amount paid an employee for a period of not less than three years following the last date the employee was employed. Such information shall be provided without charge to an employee or person acting on behalf of an employee upon request. An employee, person acting on behalf of one or more employees and/or any other interested party may file a complaint with the state for a violation of any provision of this section or any law or regulation implementing its provisions. Such complaint shall be promptly investigated and resolved by the state. The employee's name shall be kept confidential unless disclosure is necessary to resolution of a complaint and the employee consents to disclosure. The state may on its own initiative investigate an employer's compliance with this section and any law or regulation implementing its provisions. The employer shall make available to the state any records related to such investigation and other information required for enforcement of this section or any law or regulation implementing its provisions. No employer shall discharge or in any other manner discriminate or retaliate against an employee for exercising any right under this section or any law or regulation implementing its provisions or against any person for providing assistance to an employee or information regarding the same. An action for equitable and monetary relief may be brought against an employer by the attorney general and/or an employee or person acting on behalf of an employee or all similarly situated employees in any court of competent jurisdiction, including the common pleas court of an employee's county of residence, for any violation of this section or any law or regulation implementing its provisions within three years of the violation or of when the violation ceased if it was of a continuing nature, or within one year after notification to the employee of final disposition by the state of a complaint for the same violation, whichever is later. There shall be no exhaustion requirement, no procedural, pleading or burden of proof requirements beyond those that apply generally to civil suits in order to maintain such action and no liability for costs or attorney's fees on an employee except upon a finding that such action was frivolous in accordance with the same standards that apply generally in civil suits. Where an employer is found by the state or a court to have violated any provision of this section, the employer shall within thirty days of the finding pay the employee back wages, damages, and the employee's costs and reasonable attorney's fees. Damages shall be calculated as an additional two times the amount of the back wages and in the case of a violation of an anti-retaliation provision an amount set by the state or court sufficient to compensate the employee and deter future violations, but not less than one hundred fifty dollars for each day that the violation continued. Payment under this paragraph shall not be stayed pending any appeal. This section shall be liberally construed in favor of its purposes. Laws may be passed to implement its provisions and create additional remedies, increase the minimum wage rate and extend the coverage of the section, but in no manner restricting any provision of the section or the power of municipalities under Article XVIII of this constitution with respect to the same. If any part of this section is held invalid, the remainder of the section shall not be affected by such holding and shall continue in full force and effect. A majority yes vote is necessary for passage.

SHALL THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT BE ADOPTED?

YES

NO

Issue 3 Proposed Constitutional Amendment - Gambling and college scholarships - Learn & Earn

To adopt Section 12 of Article XV of the Constitution of the State of Ohio.

This amendment to the Constitution would:

Permit up to 31,500 slot machines at seven horse racing tracks and at two Cleveland non-track locations. Permit expanded gaming in the four Cuyahoga County locations if approved by the county's voters. Distribute the revenues as follows: 55% to the slot and casino owners and operators. 30% to the Board of Regents for college scholarships and grants to eligible students and administration of the program. The remaining revenues to be divided among local governments, race tracks for purse money, gambling addiction services, and The administration of the Gaming Integrity Commission comprised of five members appointed by the governor and the majority legislative leaders. The moneys provided by this amendment are to supplement and not supplant existing and future constitutional obligations to post-secondary education and local governments.

Issue 4 Proposed Constitutional Amendment - Restrict smoking places - Smoke Less

To adopt Section 12 of Article XV of the Constitution of the State of Ohio.

This proposed amendment would prohibit smoking in enclosed areas except tobacco stores, private residences or nonpublic facilities, separate smoking areas in restaurants, most bars, bingo and bowling facilities, separated areas of hotels and nursing homes, and race tracks. The amendment would invalidate retroactively any ordinance or local law in effect, and would prohibit the future adoption of any ordinance or local law to the extent such ordinance or law prohibited smoking or tobacco products in anyplace exempted by the amendment.

Issue 5 Proposed Law

To enact Chapter 3794. of the Ohio Revised Code to restrict smoking in places of employment and most places open to the public. The proposed law would:

• Prohibit smoking in public places and places of employment;
• Exempt from the smoking restrictions certain locations, including private residences (except during the hours that the residence operates as a place of business involving non-residents of the private residence), designated smoking rooms in hotels, motels, and other lodging facilities; designated smoking areas for nursing home residents; retail tobacco stores, outdoor patios, private clubs, and family-owned and operated places of business;
• Authorize a uniform statewide minimum standard to protect workers and the public from secondhand tobacco smoke;
• Allow for the declaration of an establishment, facility, or outdoor area as nonsmoking;
• Require the posting of "No Smoking" signs, and the removal of all ashtrays and similar receptacles from any area where smoking is prohibited;
• Specify the duties of the department of health to enforce the smoking restrictions
• Create in the state treasury the "smoke free indoor air fund;"
• Provide for the enforcement of the smoking restrictions and for the imposition of civil fines upon anyone who violates the smoking restrictions.

SHALL THE PROPOSED LAW BE ADOPTED?

YES

NO