2004 Ohio Issue 1
{{Short description|Referendum banning same-sex marriage}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox referendum
| name = State Issue 1
| yes = 3,329,335
| no = 2,065,462
| total = 5,722,443
| electorate = 7,972,826
| turnoutpct = 67.66
| map = 2004 Ohio State Issue 1 results map by county.svg
| mapcaption =
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Yes
{{legend|#47729E|70–80% |border=1px #AAAAAA solid}}
{{legend|#7D9CBB|60–70% |border=1px #AAAAAA solid}}
{{legend|#B6C8D9|50–60% |border=1px #AAAAAA solid}}
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No
{{legend|#DEDEBD|50–60% |border=1px #AAAAAA solid}}
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| notes = Source: [https://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/election-results-and-data/2004-elections-results/ 2004 Elections Results]
|title=Ohio Definition of Marriage Amendment|date=November 2, 2004|country=Ohio}}
{{ElectionsOH}}
Section 15.11 is a provision in the Ohio Constitution that makes it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages or civil unions.[http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/ElectionsVoter/results2004.aspx?Section=balLang Official Ballot Language] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622002458/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/ElectionsVoter/results2004.aspx?Section=balLang |date=2006-06-22 }}, Ohio Secretary of State. Accessed 21 December 2006. Approved as a constitutional amendment in 2004 under the name of "Issue One", it received support from 61.7% of voters.[http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/ballot.measures/ CNN.com Election 2004 - Ballot Measures] Accessed 30 November 2006.
The text of the amendment states:
Only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or recognized by this state and its political subdivisions. This state and its political subdivisions shall not create or recognize a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance or effect of marriage.[https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/laws/ohio-constitution?Part=15&Section=11 Ohio Constitution], Article XV, section 11. Accessed 21 December 2006.
The LGBT rights organization Equality Ohio was founded in response to the passage of Issue 1.{{cite news|url=http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories05/march/0311051.htm|title=Out of Issue 1, a new statewide group is born|last=Glassman|first=Anthony|date=2005-03-11|publisher=Gay People's Chronicle|access-date=2010-11-18}}
Many political experts credit the amendment with bolstering turnout in rural Ohio, leading to many religious supporters of President George W. Bush to turnout to the polls, helping him win the state of Ohio by a narrow 2 point margin.
Results
{{Referendum
| yes = 3,329,335
| yespct = 61.71
| no = 2,065,462
| nopct = 38.29
| total = 5,394,797
| electorate = 8,427,696
| turnoutpct = 64.01
}}
=County breakdown=
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! style="width:21%;"| County ! style="width:10%;"| Yes ! style="width:10%;"| Votes ! style="width:10%;"| No ! style="width:10%;"| Votes |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Adams
| style="text-align:center;"|75.34% | style="text-align:center;"|8,700 | style="text-align:center;"|24.66% | style="text-align:center;"|2,847 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Allen
| style="text-align:center;"|71.04% | style="text-align:center;"|33,765 | style="text-align:center;"|28.96% | style="text-align:center;"|13,764 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Ashland
| style="text-align:center;"|70.48% | style="text-align:center;"| 17,447 | style="text-align:center;"|29.52% | style="text-align:center;"|7,307 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Ashtabula
| style="text-align:center;"|61.10% | style="text-align:center;"|27,133 | style="text-align:center;"|38.90% | style="text-align:center;"|17,275 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffc8c8;"|Athens
| style="text-align:center;"|44.22% | style="text-align:center;"|12,816 | style="text-align:center;"|55.78% | style="text-align:center;"|16,166 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Auglaize
| style="text-align:center;"|75.18% | style="text-align:center;"|17,051 | style="text-align:center;"|24.82% | style="text-align:center;"|5,628 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Belmont
| style="text-align:center;"|72.32% | style="text-align:center;"|23,521 | style="text-align:center;"|27.68% | style="text-align:center;"|9,002 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Brown
| style="text-align:center;"|74.12% | style="text-align:center;"|14,394 | style="text-align:center;"|25.88% | style="text-align:center;"|5,026 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Butler
| style="text-align:center;"|68.08% | style="text-align:center;"|109,779 | style="text-align:center;"|31.92% | style="text-align:center;"|51,462 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Carroll
| style="text-align:center;"|70.75% | style="text-align:center;"|9,822 | style="text-align:center;"|29.25% | style="text-align:center;"|4,060 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Champaign
| style="text-align:center;"|70.17% | style="text-align:center;"|12,915 | style="text-align:center;"|29.83% | style="text-align:center;"|5,491 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Clark
| style="text-align:center;"|63.88% | style="text-align:center;"|42,661 | style="text-align:center;"|36.12% | style="text-align:center;"|24,126 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Clermont
| style="text-align:center;"|68.21% | style="text-align:center;"|58,172 | style="text-align:center;"|31.79% | style="text-align:center;"|27,108 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Clinton
| style="text-align:center;"|71.65% | style="text-align:center;"|12,791 | style="text-align:center;"|28.35% | style="text-align:center;"|5,062 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Columbiana
| style="text-align:center;"|70.14% | style="text-align:center;"|33,970 | style="text-align:center;"|29.86% | style="text-align:center;"|14,465 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Coshocton
| style="text-align:center;"|69.78% | style="text-align:center;"|11,693 | style="text-align:center;"|30.22% | style="text-align:center;"|5,063 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Crawford
| style="text-align:center;"|70.92% | style="text-align:center;"|15,197 | style="text-align:center;"|29.08% | style="text-align:center;"|6,232 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Cuyahoga
| style="text-align:center;"|53.26% | style="text-align:center;"|335,678 | style="text-align:center;"|46.74% | style="text-align:center;"|294,569 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Darke
| style="text-align:center;"|72.93% | style="text-align:center;"|18,803 | style="text-align:center;"|27.07% | style="text-align:center;"|6,980 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Defiance
| style="text-align:center;"|72.40% | style="text-align:center;"|13,048 | style="text-align:center;"|27.60% | style="text-align:center;"|4,975 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Delaware
| style="text-align:center;"|62.19% | style="text-align:center;"|48,844 | style="text-align:center;"|37.81% | style="text-align:center;"|29,696 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Erie
| style="text-align:center;"|63.59% | style="text-align:center;"|24,466 | style="text-align:center;"|36.41% | style="text-align:center;"|14,007 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Fairfield
| style="text-align:center;"|68.02% | style="text-align:center;"|45,423 | style="text-align:center;"|31.98% | style="text-align:center;"|21,352 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Fayette
| style="text-align:center;"|74.83% | style="text-align:center;"|8,544 | style="text-align:center;"|25.17% | style="text-align:center;"|2,874 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Franklin
| style="text-align:center;"|51.99% | style="text-align:center;"|248,873 | style="text-align:center;"|48.01% | style="text-align:center;"|229,841 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Fulton
| style="text-align:center;"|71.77% | style="text-align:center;"|15,041 | style="text-align:center;"|28.23% | style="text-align:center;"|5,917 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Gallia
| style="text-align:center;"|79.76% | style="text-align:center;"|10,897 | style="text-align:center;"|20.24% | style="text-align:center;"|2,766 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Geauga
| style="text-align:center;"|59.93% | style="text-align:center;"|29,360 | style="text-align:center;"|40.07% | style="text-align:center;"|19,630 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Greene
| style="text-align:center;"|62.04% | style="text-align:center;"|48,100 | style="text-align:center;"|37.96% | style="text-align:center;"|29,430 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Guernsey
| style="text-align:center;"|69.23% | style="text-align:center;"|11,781 | style="text-align:center;"|30.77% | style="text-align:center;"|5,237 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Hamilton
| style="text-align:center;"|56.30% | style="text-align:center;"|229,118 | style="text-align:center;"|43.70% | style="text-align:center;"|177,850 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Hancock
| style="text-align:center;"|72.46% | style="text-align:center;"|24,787 | style="text-align:center;"|27.54% | style="text-align:center;"|9,422 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Hardin
| style="text-align:center;"|74.49% | style="text-align:center;"|9,710 | style="text-align:center;"|25.51% | style="text-align:center;"|3,325 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Harrison
| style="text-align:center;"|69.67% | style="text-align:center;"|5,566 | style="text-align:center;"|30.33% | style="text-align:center;"|2,423 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Henry
| style="text-align:center;"|73.63% | style="text-align:center;"|10,834 | style="text-align:center;"|26.37% | style="text-align:center;"|3,881 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Highland
| style="text-align:center;"|76.61% | style="text-align:center;"|13,819 | style="text-align:center;"|23.39% | style="text-align:center;"|4,219 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Hocking
| style="text-align:center;"|69.99% | style="text-align:center;"|8,935 | style="text-align:center;"|30.01% | style="text-align:center;"|3,832 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Holmes
| style="text-align:center;"|76.54% | style="text-align:center;"|8,525 | style="text-align:center;"|23.46% | style="text-align:center;"|2,613 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Huron
| style="text-align:center;"|68.69% | style="text-align:center;"|17,180 | style="text-align:center;"|31.31% | style="text-align:center;"|7,831 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Jackson
| style="text-align:center;"|74.98% | style="text-align:center;"|10,332 | style="text-align:center;"|25.02% | style="text-align:center;"|3,448 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Jefferson
| style="text-align:center;"|72.41% | style="text-align:center;"|25,726 | style="text-align:center;"|27.59% | style="text-align:center;"|9,801 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Knox
| style="text-align:center;"|68.19% | style="text-align:center;"|17,815 | style="text-align:center;"|31.81% | style="text-align:center;"|8,310 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Lake
| style="text-align:center;"|57.63% | style="text-align:center;"|65,012 | style="text-align:center;"|42.37% | style="text-align:center;"|47,796 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Lawrence
| style="text-align:center;"|79.44% | style="text-align:center;"|21,155 | style="text-align:center;"|20.56% | style="text-align:center;"|5,474 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Licking
| style="text-align:center;"|66.28% | style="text-align:center;"|51,612 | style="text-align:center;"|33.72% | style="text-align:center;"|26,262 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Logan
| style="text-align:center;"|72% | style="text-align:center;"|15,112 | style="text-align:center;"|28% | style="text-align:center;"|5,878 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Lorain
| style="text-align:center;"|58.90% | style="text-align:center;"|80,124 | style="text-align:center;"|41.10% | style="text-align:center;"|55,900 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Lucas
| style="text-align:center;"|57.61% | style="text-align:center;"|119,916 | style="text-align:center;"|42.39% | style="text-align:center;"|88,227 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Madison
| style="text-align:center;"|70% | style="text-align:center;"|12,003 | style="text-align:center;"|30% | style="text-align:center;"|5,144 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Mahoning
| style="text-align:center;"|62.95% | style="text-align:center;"|81,469 | style="text-align:center;"|37.05% | style="text-align:center;"|47,951 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Marion
| style="text-align:center;"|67.91% | style="text-align:center;"|19,374 | style="text-align:center;"|32.09% | style="text-align:center;"|9,157 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Medina
| style="text-align:center;"|61.56% | style="text-align:center;"|50,655 | style="text-align:center;"|38.44% | style="text-align:center;"|31,629 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Meigs
| style="text-align:center;"|75.15% | style="text-align:center;"|7,861 | style="text-align:center;"|24.85% | style="text-align:center;"|2,600 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Mercer
| style="text-align:center;"|77.05% | style="text-align:center;"|15,777 | style="text-align:center;"|22.95% | style="text-align:center;"|4,698 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Miami
| style="text-align:center;"|67.77% | style="text-align:center;"|33,641 | style="text-align:center;"|32.23% | style="text-align:center;"|15,998 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Monroe
| style="text-align:center;"|74.29% | style="text-align:center;"|5,651 | style="text-align:center;"|25.71% | style="text-align:center;"|1,956 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Montgomery
| style="text-align:center;"|58.19% | style="text-align:center;"|158,639 | style="text-align:center;"|41.81% | style="text-align:center;"|113,969 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Morgan
| style="text-align:center;"|71.80% | style="text-align:center;"|4,708 | style="text-align:center;"|28.20% | style="text-align:center;"|1,849 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Morrow
| style="text-align:center;"|71.33% | style="text-align:center;"|11,500 | style="text-align:center;"|28.67% | style="text-align:center;"|4,622 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Muskingum
| style="text-align:center;"|67.44% | style="text-align:center;"|25,464 | style="text-align:center;"|32.56% | style="text-align:center;"|12,294 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Noble
| style="text-align:center;"|71.24% | style="text-align:center;"|4,592 | style="text-align:center;"|28.76% | style="text-align:center;"|1,854 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Ottawa
| style="text-align:center;"|63.81% | style="text-align:center;"|14,429 | style="text-align:center;"|36.19% | style="text-align:center;"|8,182 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Paulding
| style="text-align:center;"|74.15% | style="text-align:center;"|7,218 | style="text-align:center;"|25.85% | style="text-align:center;"|2,516 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Perry
| style="text-align:center;"|71.13% | style="text-align:center;"|10,567 | style="text-align:center;"|28.87% | style="text-align:center;"|4,288 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Pickaway
| style="text-align:center;"|70.57% | style="text-align:center;"|15,670 | style="text-align:center;"|29.43% | style="text-align:center;"|6,534 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Pike
| style="text-align:center;"|74.57% | style="text-align:center;"|9,069 | style="text-align:center;"|25.43% | style="text-align:center;"|3,092 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Portage
| style="text-align:center;"|57.52% | style="text-align:center;"|42,828 | style="text-align:center;"|42.48% | style="text-align:center;"|31,626 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Preble
| style="text-align:center;"|70.81% | style="text-align:center;"|14,593 | style="text-align:center;"|29.19% | style="text-align:center;"|6,015 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Putnam
| style="text-align:center;"|77.67% | style="text-align:center;"|14,317 | style="text-align:center;"|22.33% | style="text-align:center;"|4,117 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Richland
| style="text-align:center;"|68.16% | style="text-align:center;"|41,254 | style="text-align:center;"|31.84% | style="text-align:center;"|19,274 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Ross
| style="text-align:center;"|68.66% | style="text-align:center;"|20,774 | style="text-align:center;"|31.34% | style="text-align:center;"|9,483 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Sandusky
| style="text-align:center;"|67.14% | style="text-align:center;"|19,077 | style="text-align:center;"|32.86% | style="text-align:center;"|9,336 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Scioto
| style="text-align:center;"|76.70% | style="text-align:center;"|26,401 | style="text-align:center;"|23.30% | style="text-align:center;"|8,018 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Seneca
| style="text-align:center;"|66.05% | style="text-align:center;"|17,377 | style="text-align:center;"|33.95% | style="text-align:center;"|8,931 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Shelby
| style="text-align:center;"|73.45% | style="text-align:center;"|16,445 | style="text-align:center;"|26.55% | style="text-align:center;"|5,943 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Stark
| style="text-align:center;"|64.18% | style="text-align:center;"|118,809 | style="text-align:center;"|35.82% | style="text-align:center;"|66,302 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Summit
| style="text-align:center;"|57.87% | style="text-align:center;"|153,894 | style="text-align:center;"|42.13% | style="text-align:center;"|112,045 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Trumbull
| style="text-align:center;"|61.88% | style="text-align:center;"|64,823 | style="text-align:center;"|38.12% | style="text-align:center;"|39,933 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Tuscarawas
| style="text-align:center;"|65.93% | style="text-align:center;"|27,623 | style="text-align:center;"|34.07% | style="text-align:center;"|14,274 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Union
| style="text-align:center;"|70.58% | style="text-align:center;"|15,683 | style="text-align:center;"|29.42% | style="text-align:center;"|6,536 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Van Wert
| style="text-align:center;"|75.14% | style="text-align:center;"|11,261 | style="text-align:center;"|24.86% | style="text-align:center;"|3,726 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Vinton
| style="text-align:center;"|68.59% | style="text-align:center;"|4,010 | style="text-align:center;"|31.41% | style="text-align:center;"|1,836 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Warren
| style="text-align:center;"|69.41% | style="text-align:center;"|63,431 | style="text-align:center;"|30.59% | style="text-align:center;"|27,960 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Washington
| style="text-align:center;"|72.27% | style="text-align:center;"|20,940 | style="text-align:center;"|27.73% | style="text-align:center;"|8,036 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Wayne
| style="text-align:center;"|66.91% | style="text-align:center;"|33,967 | style="text-align:center;"|33.09% | style="text-align:center;"|16,798 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Williams
| style="text-align:center;"|72.56% | style="text-align:center;"|13,275 | style="text-align:center;"|27.44% | style="text-align:center;"|5,019 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Wood
| style="text-align:center;"|59.36% | style="text-align:center;"|36,530 | style="text-align:center;"|40.64% | style="text-align:center;"|25,014 |
| style="text-align:center; background:#c8ffc8;"|Wyandot
| style="text-align:center;"|71.77% | style="text-align:center;"|7,773 | style="text-align:center;"|28.23% | style="text-align:center;"|3,057 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.followthemoney.org/press/ReportView.phtml?r=236 The Money Behind the 2004 Marriage Amendments -- National Institute on Money in State Politics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328224424/http://www.followthemoney.org/press/ReportView.phtml?r=236&ext=17 |date=2012-03-28 }}
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