City of Akron Issue 11: Charter Amendment on Rental Security Deposits and Application Fees
Akron city, Ohio
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating for ballot measures: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. You have more power in ballot measures because you vote directly on the policy.
Representation: High · 69 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 189,247 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(11,810,293 ÷ 189,247) ÷ ln(50,000) = 69.1, measured against a statewide vote in OH (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
High representation + a direct vote on the policy → My vote power: High.
Ballot Measure
Supports: Housing Affordability
Akron Issue 11 would add Charter Section 101b, requiring residential landlords to allow security deposits to be paid over three or six months and disclose that right. It would prohibit pre-lease fees, charges, deposits, or other payments and criminalize collecting residential rental application fees or failing to provide the required notice.
Read the official ballot measure
A YES vote means
The installment-payment, disclosure, and pre-lease fee restrictions would be added to Akron's Charter, with the stated violations criminalized.
A NO vote means
Akron's Charter would not gain these proposed rental-deposit and application-fee provisions.
Sources: boe.ohio.gov · ideastream.org