There are questions about whether Ohio voters will see a union-backed issue on the ballot this fall that, if passed, would put restrictions on clinics that provide kidney dialysis.
First, backers fell short of the necessary valid petition signatures needed. Now supporters are facing a lawsuit by a group representing the clinics. Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports.
The Service Employees International Union is backing a proposed constitutional amendment to require more oversight of dialysis clinics and limit how much they can charge patients. The union’s Anthony Caldwell says the petition was rejected because it was about ten thousand signature short of the nearly 306,000 but still they have time to collect more signatures.
“Ten thousand signatures in ten days is doable and we look forward to getting those signatures so we can put this issue before voters.”
Gene Pierce speaks for the Ohio Renal Association which has filed a lawsuit over the proposed amendment saying the union group violated the petition process.
“They’ve paid very little attention to the laws that govern this that insure ballot integrity.”
The union group calls the legal challenge “frivolous.”
