Posted on Aug 4, 2023
Analysis: Your vote on Ohio Issue 1 directly impacts November's vote on abortion. Here's how
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On Nov. 7, Ohio will become the seventh state to vote on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June of last year and left abortion decisions up to the states.
But the fate of that abortion rights amendment in Ohio is inextricably linked to a vote that will come next Tuesday, in a special election that Ohio Republican legislators made happen after abolishing them earlier this year.
Issue 1, the only item on the ballot in next Tuesday's election, would raise the bar for passing constitutional amendments from 50% plus one — as it has been for the past 111 years — to 60%.
If it passes, the job of abortion rights groups in November will be substantially harder and maybe impossible — which is exactly what the Ohio GOP and its fellow abortion rights opponents want.
But the fate of that abortion rights amendment in Ohio is inextricably linked to a vote that will come next Tuesday, in a special election that Ohio Republican legislators made happen after abolishing them earlier this year.
Issue 1, the only item on the ballot in next Tuesday's election, would raise the bar for passing constitutional amendments from 50% plus one — as it has been for the past 111 years — to 60%.
If it passes, the job of abortion rights groups in November will be substantially harder and maybe impossible — which is exactly what the Ohio GOP and its fellow abortion rights opponents want.
Analysis: Your vote on Ohio Issue 1 directly impacts November's vote on abortion. Here's how
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I am not so motivated by the Abortion aspect as I am with some of the other loony ideas it seems our nation is embracing. Fringe groups will have to think twice before trying to make Ohio a battle ground for their ideas if the need to change the state constitution is 60% versus 50.
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MSgt Dale Johnson
Actually it is HOW they will determine the future. As it is to change the state constitution only takes 50% plus one voter, if amended it will take 60%.
There are also some changes to how many counties need signatures to get something on the ballot etc but the required majority is the big issue.
There are also some changes to how many counties need signatures to get something on the ballot etc but the required majority is the big issue.
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