Cincinnati 2017 City Election Results: Voting Begins

CINCINNATI, OH — Election Day is Tuesday and Cincinnati voters are hitting the polls to weigh in on drug prices, decide who should be mayor and elect nine new council members.

In the mayoral race, incumbent Democrat John Cranley takes on Yvette Simpson, also a Democrat who is currently serving as president pro tem of the Cincinnati City Council.

In the City Council race, voters can choose up to nine of the following candidates to serve four-year terms:

• Derek Bauman
• Erica L. Black-Johnson
• Cristina Burcica
• Ozie Davis
• Tamaya Dennard
• Michelle Dillingham
• Tonya Dumas
• Manuel Foggie
• Henry Frondorf
• Brian Garry
• Lesley Jones
• Greg Landsman
• Seth Maney
• David Mann
• Amy Murray
• Jeff Pastor
• Kelli Prather
• Laure Quinlivan
• Chris Seelbach
• P.G. Sittenfeld
• Christopher E.C. Smitherman
• Tamie Sullivan
• Wendell Young

Cincinnati voters will also decide who should serve on the city School District's Board of Education. You can vote for up to four.

• Jacqueline Amos
• Melanie Bates
• David Brenner
• Ericka Copeland-Dansby
• Gary Favors
• Christine Fisher
• Marcia A. Futel
• Renee Hevia
• Ryan Messer
• Daniel Minera
• Kareem Moffett
• Mike Moroski
• Kathy Young

Other things on your ballot:

Statewide Elections

Issue 1: Rights for Crime Victims

To repeal and replace the existing language in Section 10a of Article I of the Constitution of the State of Ohio

A majority yes vote is necessary for the amendment to pass.

The proposed amendment would expand the rights of victims under the current Section 10a and require that the rights of victims be protected as vigorously as the rights of the accused. More specifically, for the purpose of ensuring due process, respect, fairness, and justice for crime victims and their families in the criminal and juvenile justice systems, the amendment would provide victims with:

the right to privacy and to be treated with respect, fairness, and dignity;

the right to information about the rights and services available to crime victims;

the right to notification in a timely manner of all proceedings in the case;

the right to be present and heard at all court proceedings, including the right to petition the court to protect the victim's rights;

the right to a prompt conclusion of the case;

to refuse discovery requests made by the accused, except as authorized by Article I, Section 10 of the Ohio constitution;

the right to reasonable protection from the accused;

the right to notice of the release or escape of the accused;

and the right to restitution.

The proposed amendment would not establish a cause of action for damages or compensation against the state or any political subdivision. If approved, the amendment will be effective 90 days after the election.

Issue 2

To require state agencies to not pay more for prescription drugs than the federal Department of Veterans Affairs and require state payment of attorney fees and expenses to specific individuals for defense of the law

A majority yes vote is necessary for the law to pass.

To enact Chapter 194 of the Ohio Revised Code, which would:

Require the State of Ohio, including its state departments, agencies and entities, to not pay more for prescription drugs than the price paid by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

Establish that the individual petitioners responsible for proposing the law have a direct and personal stake in defending the law; require the State to pay petitioners' reasonable attorney fees and other expenses; require the petitioners to pay $10,000 to the State if the law is held by a court to be unenforceable and limit petitioners' personal liability to that amount; and require the Attorney General to defend the law if challenged in court.

PROPOSED TAX LEVY (RENEWAL) HAMILTON COUNTY

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of SUPPLEMENTING THE GENERAL FUND TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE ALCOHOL, DRUG ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT FOR THE OPERATION OF MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AND THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, FINANCING, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES at a rate not exceeding two and ninety-nine hundredths (2.99) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to twenty-nine and nine-tenths cents ($0.299) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five (5) years, commencing in 2017, first due in calendar year 2018.

PROPOSED TAX LEVY (RENEWAL) HAMILTON COUNTY

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of SUPPLEMENTING THE GENERAL FUND TO PROVIDE HEALTH AND HOSPITALIZATION SERVICES, INCLUDING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, NOW KNOWN AS UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER at a rate not exceeding four and seven-hundredths (4.07) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to forty and seven-tenths cents ($0.407) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five (5) years, commencing in 2017, first due in calendar year 2018.

PROPOSED TAX LEVY (RENEWAL AND INCREASE) HAMILTON COUNTY

A renewal of one and twenty-nine hundredths mills (1.29) of an existing levy and an increase of thirty-one hundredths mill (0.31), to constitute a tax for the benefit of the County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of SUPPLEMENTING THE GENERAL FUND TO PROVIDE OR MAINTAIN SENIOR CITIZENS SERVICES OR FACILITIES, INCLUDING A SYSTEM OF HOME CARE THROUGH THE COUNCIL ON AGING OR OTHER SERVICE PROVIDER(S) FOR ELDERLY RESIDENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: HOUSEKEEPING,PERSONAL CARE, RESPITE SERVICES (FOR CAREGIVERS), HOME REPAIR/MAINTENANCE, MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, ADULT DAY CARE, HOME DELIVERED MEALS, CHORE SERVICES, LEGAL COUNSELING, ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT at a rate not exceeding one and six-tenths (1.6) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to sixteen cents ($0.16) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five (5) years, commencing in 2017, first due in calendar year 2018.

PROPOSED TAX LEVY (RENEWAL) CINCINNATI CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Shall a levy renewing an existing levy be imposed by the Cincinnati City School District, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of PROVIDING FOR THE EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT in the sum of $51,500,000 and a levy of taxes to be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to average eight and forty-three hundredths (8.43) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to eighty-four and three-tenths cents ($0.843) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a period of five (5) years, commencing in 2018, first due in calendar year 2019?

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