A group of activists is seeking to amend the Ohio Constitution to ban property taxes. Rankings show Ohio property taxes are relatively high, but policy experts say eliminating property taxes would cause devastating budget cuts across public services.
According to the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, Ohio had the eighth-highest effective property tax rate in 2023 — 1.31%.
The group Ax Ohio Tax is trying to gather the 413,000 signatures of registered voters that it needs to put a tax-elimination amendment on the November ballot…