Citizens in Charge, Inc. v. Jon Husted

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

Ohio, like many States, has an initiative process that permits individuals or groups to propose new legislation and constitutional amendments. See Ohio Const, art. II, §§ la, lb. If an initiative proposal secures enough signatures, it earns a spot on the next ballot, where Ohio voters may accept or reject it. Id. The catch is that state law requires all signature gatherers to be Ohio residents. See Ohio Rev.Code § 3503.06(C)(1)(a). Plaintiffs challenged the residency requirement on First (and Fourteenth) Amendment grounds, claiming that our court’s invalidation of…