Why did the sponsor of the Ohio Healthy Families’ Act pull the issue from the November, 2008 general election ballot?
It is not entirely clear why the sponsors pulled the ballot measure, since polling data done at the time showed that a large majority of Ohio voters supported it. However, Ohio would have been the only state in the country requiring this particular benefit. As a result, Ohio’s governor, who otherwise supports workers rights, announced that he was unable to support the ballot measure. Also, many legal commentators pointed to several provisions of the Act as unduly complicated.
