Agency: Secretary of State
Division: Elections
Series 2527
Series Title: Petitions for Constitutional Amendment to allow Women's Sufferage, 1914
Description: The secretary of state holds petitions for Constitutional amendment to allow women,s suffrage. The petitions contain lists of names of people from counties in Ohio who felt it was right to change the Constitution of Ohio to allow women the right to vote. The petitions also contain the ward, precinct and date of each registered voter that signed the petitions from that county. The petitions also verify the name of the person pushing for the Constitutional change with his/her address and the state of compensation for the campaign. The two boxes listed at the end of the container list contain petitions that are oversized and are stored flat. There are thirty two counties represented from these petitions beginning with Allen and ending with Wood.
1.63 cu. ft. The petitions are arranged alphabetically by county.
Location/Fld RECORDS DESCRIPTION
51,984A 1 Initiative petitions - Allen, Ashtabula, and Auglaize Counties 2 Initiative Petitions - Cuyahoga County 3 Initiative Petitions - Drake and Franklin Counties 4 Initiative Petitions - Franklin and Guernsey Counties 5 Initiative Petitions - Hamilton, Hancock and Henry Counties 6 Initiative Petitions - Montgomery, Noble and Ottawa Counties 7 Initiative Petitions - Paulding, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Portage, Preble and Putnam Counties 51,984B 1 Initiative Petitions - Stark and Summit Counties 2 Initiative Petitions - Trumbull and Tuscarawas Counties 3 Initiative Petitions - Van Wert and Williams Counties BV3854 1 Initiative Petitions - Allen, Auglaize, Carroll, Cuyahoga and Drake Counties 2 Initiative Petitions - Fayette and Franklin Counties 3 Initiative Petitions - Franklin County 4 Initiative Petitions - Greene, Guernsey, Hamilton, Henry, Hocking and Huron Counties 5 Initiative Petitions - Montgomery, Noble, and Ottawa Counties 6 Initiative Petitions - Paulding, Perry, Pickaway and Pike Counties 7 Initiative Petitions - Portage, Preble and Putnam Counties 8 Initiative Petitions - Stark, Summit, Tuscarawas, Van Wert, Williams and Wood Counties