Roe Vs Wade Overturned

[*michaelsean*]

(07-18-2023, 03:18 PM)pally Wrote: Well, for people not in Ohio, the Ohio illegally gerrymandered (per multiple bipartisan Ohio Supreme Court Decisions) Republican supermajority state legislature is trying to ram through a major change to the Ohio Constitution in August in an attempt to derail a Reproductive Rights Amendment that will be on the ballot in Nov.  So games are still being played.  

Right now, Ohioans can amend their Constitution by a simple majority.  Republicans want to change that to a 60% threshold.  Coincidently, the Reproductive Rights Amendment is polling at about 58%.  Additionally, they want to change the number of signatures needed and changed the timeline to the point in the future that getting any citizen-led amendments on the ballot is virtually impossible.  Then after making August elections illegal except for very specific fiscal emergencies because of high cost (over $20 million) and low turnout (less than 10%), the Republicans put Issue 1 on the ballot as a stand-alone election in August.

This current State House has already shown they are willing to subjugate the State Constitution (see illegally gerrymandered districts), no one, Republican or Democrat, Conservative or Liberal should hand over more power to them.  Issue 1 has more serious long-term effects than simply stopping an amendment that a majority of Ohioans are indicating they are for.

I’m voting no on 1, but I’m offended by both sides. One side is an obvious move against abortion and I don’t like people thinking I’m stupid. But the signs on the no side like “Don’t destroy our democracy” are over the top stupid. Our federal government requires more than simple majority, and I’ve never heard anyone say it destroyed our democracy.