Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights(OURR) deserve tremendous credit for making this happen. With Issue 1, the coalition overcame Republicans’ dogged determination to keep Buckeye State voters from advocating for their own bodily autonomy at the polls. The victory is all the sweeter given how ha...
Issue 1 supporters cheer as they watch election results come in, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Columbus Ohio. Ohio voters have approved a constitutional amendment that guarantees the right to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care. The outcome of Tuesday’s intense, off-year election...
The "yes" vote on Issue 1 in Ohio is benefiting from an electorate that currently looks more Democratic than it did in 2020 and 2022, according to exit polls. Republicans still have an edge in party affiliation but it's narrower than it was in last year's midterms. Democrats are overwhe...
2023 ohio right to life president mike gonidakis speaks about issue 1 at the marion county republican party headquarters in marion, oh on july 13, 2023. maddie mcgarvey/for the washington post via getty images save save in the pursuit of even sneakier ways to undermine abortion rights in th...
Under two weeks from the midterm election, Ryan says he doesn’t know his standpoint on Ohio’s two ballot initiatives. State Issue 1 if passed would require judges to consider public safety when setting bail amounts for criminal defendants. State Issue 2 would prohibit non-citizens from voting...
That could change in August, when Ohio voters head to the polls in a special election to decide whether future amendments will instead need the approval of 60% of the electorate. The change, known as Issue 1, would almost certainly determine the fate of abortion access in the state if app...
January 5, 2024Kaitlin Housler The Ohio Republican Party is urging GOP voters in the Buckeye State to participate in the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) new nationwide campaign focused on maximizing pre-Election Day voting. The RNC’s Bank Your Vote campaign was created last year to “en...
A poll of registered Ohio voters byUSA Todayand Suffolk University,released last month, found that 57 percent of respondents opposed Issue 1, 26 percent supported it, and 17 percent were undecided. For the reproductive rights measure, polls have indicated about 59 percent of Ohio voters support ...
May 24, 2024Ohio Star Staff Independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other third-party candidates appear to be hurting President Joe Biden — and boosting former President Donald Trump — when on the ballot in four key battleground states, a poll released Thursday found. ...
the deputy director of the Ohio Women’s Alliance, one of the groups in the coalition backing Issue 1, said of the six-week ban. “We’re able to say Ohio has experienced this already. Ohio doesn’t want to go back to this.” ...