It’s official: Abortion rights advocates in Ohio have met the signature requirement to place a measure on the Nov. 7, 2023, ballot that would codify abortion rights in the state constitution.
Before the amendment gets in front of voters, though, it faces one more unique obstacle: an Aug. 8 election, where voters areif future constitutional amendments will need to meet a threshold of 60 percent support, rather than 50 percent .
If it passes, “it will be nearly impossible to pass citizen-initiated constitutional amendments protecting reproductive rights, or fair electoral maps, or pro-voter policies like automatic voter registration,” wrote attorney Susie Hwang. “Gaining steam is a November 2024 ballot measure that would remedy the state’s notoriously gerrymandered voting maps. … No wonder Republicans are panicked. They smell defeat, so they’re scrambling to change the rules of the game.
Early voting on Issue 1 is already in progress. Advocates have been worried about turnout in an election held in an off year at the end of the summer, but early voter turnout numbers have already showed a “
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