The Ohio grassroots effort to abolish property taxes in Ohio, AxOHTax, is failing to meet its minimum goal of 418,488 signatures by July 1 and aims to gather at least 620,000 signatures in order to ensure they have enough valid signatures. If approved, Ohioans could vote on a constitutional amendment to ban property taxes this November. The group's president, Brian Massie, announced that the group was at 305,000 signature collection point as of Thursday. The state will need to supplement at least $20 billion by raising the state income tax or raising state sales tax from 5.75% to 15.18%, the highest in the U.S. However, director of the Ohio Office of Budget and Management Kimberly Murnieks warned that abolishing property taxes would have "catastrophic impacts" and greatly diminish local control.