BREAKING: Ohio Issue 1: Anti-abortion advocates suffer chastening defeat
After record-breaking voter turnout since early voting began last month, the Columbus Dispatch called the result with 24% of the votes in, projecting a no vote victory of almost 70%.Just shy of 30% of Ohioans appear to have voted yes to increase the difficulty of amending the state constitution to require a 60% majority vote.
Anti-abortion Attorney General Frank LaRose, a Republican running for U.S. Senate in 2024, certified the signatures to place an abortion rights amendment on the ballot in November 2023, which prevents the state legislature from interfering or unduly burdening those seeking or providing abortions. "To many voters [Issue 1] is very reasonable when they see what it requires to change our US Constitution what it requires in other states," Michelle Ashley of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America told the Washington Examiner."It's bipartisan ... and it's very common sense."
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