Posted on 08/07/2023 2:06:01 PM PDT by cotton1706
Ohio voters will decide Tuesday whether future changes to the state constitution require a simple majority or 60% support, a decision that will have a major impact on a November fight over a pro-choice abortion measure.
Buckeye State voters will be asked in the fall whether a “fundamental right to reproductive freedom” should be added to the constitution as states navigate the fallout from the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
But Republican lawmakers scheduled an undercard fight this summer.
If “Issue 1” passes, it would make it harder for pro-choice advocates to lock in abortion rights through a constitutional amendment because changes will require a greater measure of support than polls suggest they can muster.
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And vote YES!
I’m sure all the white liberal women will be out in droves for this one.
not necessarily all liberal.
Every woman who’s having sex outside marriage with “conservative” men will be voting with them. Fornication has consequences.
A constitution that can be changed by a majority vote is not a constitution at all
I’d vote yes. But remember this goes both ways. What if republicans decide to add an amendment that says children have to be 18 to get hormone therapy. It would need 60 percent as well.
And? I don’t see the problem. Constitutional amendments shouldn’t be made lightly.
Agreed. Laws become whimsies. Society devolves into chaos.
Democracy= Mob rule
I’ll vote yes, but issue 1 will be soundly defeated.
Classic Republican move. Clumsy, poorly planned effort that could have been handled years ago in a proper election cycle. Now roe v wade is overturned and they are caught flat footed. As always. Eff ‘em.
Plus, the state constitution has been the same for a century. Now, hysteria. Whatever.
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I don’t object to a high threshold for constitutional changes. I think there should be one. Because they’re using the 50% referendum as and end-run around the bicameral lawmaking process, which they deem as too difficult, as intended.
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