Addendae 5

Everything You Need To Know About Ohio Ballot Measure That Could Block Abortion Rights

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/ohio-issue-1-abortion-ballot-measures

* Ohio Issue 1Z: Should amendments to Ohio Constitution require 60 percent supermajority vote to pass?

* requires petitioners to get signatures f. all 88 Ohio counties to get constitutional amendment on ballot

* became proxy fight over constitutional amendment to guarantee reproductive rights

* Ohioans vote 2023-11

#Ohio #FarRight #neofascism #abortion #StateConstitutions

Addendae 6

Abortion Drives Ohio Election on Amending State Constitution

* Republican-controlled Legislature called special election to raise bar for amendments f. a simple majority to 60% of vote

* since SCOTUS overturned Roe, U.S. voters elections approving ballots protecting right to abortion

* similar election scheduled for 2023-11 in Ohio

* GOP legislators hoping higher bar for passing amendments will lead to its defeat

#Ohio #GOP #Ohio #FarRight #neofascism #abortion #StateConstitutions

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Addendae 7

How many voters does it take to make a majority? Why Ohio's Issue 1 is controversial

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192550481/ohio-issue-1-ballot-special-election-abortion-constitutional-amendment

#Ohio #OhioIssue1 #GOP #FarRight #neofascism #abortion #StateConstitutions