08-09-2023, 12:58 PM
(08-09-2023, 02:24 AM)pally Wrote: Well Ohio republicans tried to put an impediment in the way of voters in order to prevent a reproductive rights amendment on the ballot in Nov from passing. Issue 1 sought to raise the vote percentage needed to approve state constitutional amendments from a simple majority to a 60% supermajority.
The amendment was soundly rejected by Ohioans 57-43 so it remains a simple majority vote.
Coincidentally, or not, polling indicates that the reproductive rights amendment is expected to pass by about that same margin.
When a party gerrymanders themselves into a supermajority in the state legislature, sometimes they need a reminder that they don’t always represent a majority viewpoint.
Wife and I typically vote Republican, but we both voted no on issue 1. It just seemed like a very pointed and short sighted proposition that also requested voters to give up rights to introduce initiatives to the ballot by way of petition. So, there you have it from a conservative, we didn't like that attempt at a huge power grab, even by our own party.
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