The campaign backing a constitutional amendment proposal to protect abortion rights submitted enough valid signatures to qualify for the Nov. 7 ballot, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office said Tuesday.
Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights delivered two U-Haul trucks full of boxes of signatures to the Ohio Secretary of State's office Wednesday morning, in an attempt to qualify for the November ballot.COLUMBUS, Ohio – Abortion rights will be on the November ballot in Ohio.
over 710,000 signatures July 5. During the following weeks, county boards of election verified each of the signatures, that the signers were registered voters in Ohio, and whether the address on their voter registrations matched the address on the abortion rights petition. Tuesday was the deadline for LaRose to certify the work of the county boards.
“Every person deserves respect, dignity, and the right to make reproductive health care decisions, including those related to their own pregnancy, miscarriage care, and abortion free from government interference,” the campaign’s executive committee members Lauren Blauvelt and Dr. Lauren Beene said in a joint statement.
While the amendment proposal’s qualification for the ballot is official, it’s unknown how many votes at the ballot box will be required for it to pass.
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