Lake County, Ohio results show the struggles of the four measures. Last year, President Bush beat Senator Kerry by about 3,000 votes out of more than 117,000 cast in Lake County. This is a quintessential swing county in suburban Cleveland and a place the referendums would need to be doing well to win. Yet with all precincts reporting the ballot measure that is doing BEST of the four, Issue 2, is taking only 35% of the vote in Lake County.
Ohio: Could the Entire Reform Agenda Be in Jeopardy?
9:50 P.M.: The much-ballyhooed four reform referendums in Ohio appear to be in serious danger of defeat. It isn't a big surprise that Issue 4, the ...
9:50 P.M.: The much-ballyhooed four reform referendums in Ohio appear to be in serious danger of defeat. It isn't a big surprise that Issue 4, the non-partisan redistricting measure, might lose. But all four of the ballot measures are losing big.
Lake County, Ohio results show the struggles of the four measures. Last year, President Bush beat Senator Kerry by about 3,000 votes out of more than 117,000 cast in Lake County. This is a quintessential swing county in suburban Cleveland and a place the referendums would need to be doing well to win. Yet with all precincts reporting the ballot measure that is doing BEST of the four, Issue 2, is taking only 35% of the vote in Lake County.
Lake County, Ohio results show the struggles of the four measures. Last year, President Bush beat Senator Kerry by about 3,000 votes out of more than 117,000 cast in Lake County. This is a quintessential swing county in suburban Cleveland and a place the referendums would need to be doing well to win. Yet with all precincts reporting the ballot measure that is doing BEST of the four, Issue 2, is taking only 35% of the vote in Lake County.
