A petition for a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution could change the way the state votes in the presidential election, according to The Ohio Attorney General's Office.

If passed, the amendment would require Ohio's electoral college to vote for the winner of the national presidential popular vote rather than for the winner of Ohio's popular vote.

The Ohio Attorney General's Office says petitioners have submitted two petitions with different summaries.

"Both summaries accurately restated the proposed amendment, but only the first is both fair and truthful," said Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.

"The second summary fails to note the most important piece of information for the voter: that the amendment, if adopted, could require Ohio's representatives in the Electoral College to vote for the winner of the national presidential popular vote rather than for the winner of Ohio's presidential popular vote."

Once the summary language is certified by the attorney general's office and the initial signatures are verified by the county boards of elections, the Ohio Ballot Board must determine if the amendment contains a single issue or multiple issues.

The petitioners must then collect signatures for each issue from registered voters in each of 44 of Ohio's 88 counties.

Total signatures collected statewide must also equal 10 percent of the total vote cast for the office of governor at the last gubernatorial election, according to The Ohio Attorney General's Office.