OHIO GROUP CHALLENGES MORE PETITION SIGNATURES: From the Cincinnati Enquirer

Opponents trying to keep a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage off the Ohio ballot want a state appeals court to invalidate all signatures gathered in Hamilton and Cuyahoga counties.

The Cincinnati-based Campaign to Protect Marriage must collect 323,000 valid signatures to put the issue before voters in November. But a coalition of gay rights advocates could block the effort by tying it up in court or getting enough signatures tossed out.

A lawsuit filed this week in the state 10th District Court of Appeals argues that all petitions collected in the Cincinnati and Cleveland areas should be tossed out for a variety of reasons, including the fact that they do not contain a required summary of the amendment.

The amendment effort is already expected to come up at least 17,000 signatures short of the state requirement--a figure supporters think they can overcome by submitting more than 100,000 additional signatures.

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