Ohio union law ballot issue passes deadline

COLUMBUS — The dead­line for remov­ing a repeal ques­tion on Ohio’s con­tentious col­lec­tive bar­gain­ing law from the fall bal­lot passed Mon­day with­out fan­fare, posi­tion­ing vot­ers to decide the fate of the law in Novem­ber. Pass­ing the dead­line doesn’t pre­vent Repub­li­can lead­ers and oppo­nents of the law from reach­ing a deal later to change or toss out the leg­is­la­tion, though that’s seen as unlikely.