Nov. 8, 2023, 2:03 AM UTC Tuesday’s “Yes” vote on Ohio’s Issue 1adds another tick in the “W” column for abortion rights, as anti-abortion forces have now lost every single time the people have been directly asked whether the government should be able to force us to stay pregn...
Bryan Phipps celebrates the defeat of Issue 1 during an election night party at the Columbus Fire Fighters Local 67 on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023 in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio voters have rejected a proposal that would've made it more difficult for voters to a...
Tell all the Ohio voters you know to vote "No" on Issue 1. Send them this column. Call them up and explain what the ploy is here. The stakes are national, and the good news is that Ohio’s electorate, like most of the Midwest, is mostly center-right, reasonable and measured. When...
In Ohio, abortion rights advocates defeated a ballot initiative in August that would have raised the threshold to amend the constitution from a simple majority to 60%. Now, after urging voters to vote “no” on the August amendment – also called Issue 1 – they are urging people to vote ...
Known as Issue 1, the measure would have changed Ohio’s referendum law – lifting the threshold to amend the state’s constitution from a simple majority to 60% of the vote. Its passage would have effectively raised new obstacles to direct democracy, making it harder for citizens ...
Heather Williams, interim president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, which works to elect Democrats to state legislatures, said the vote in favor of abortion rights was a “huge victory.” Issue 1 supporters cheer as they watch election results come in, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023,...
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Future state constitutional amendments will still pass with a simple majority, rather than the 60 percent threshold that Issue 1 proposed. Abortion-rights activists saw Issue 1’s defeat as a victory, with a November abortion-rights vote on the horizon in the Buckeye State. Zach Montellaro, ...
The effort against Issue 1, called One Person One Vote, also raised a majority —- nearly 85% —- of its $14.8 million in contributions from outside Ohio, its filings show. Several of the largest donations came from so-called dark money groups that aren't legally obligated to disclo...
Tuesday's vote in Ohio may be another warning sign for Republicans that the issue of abortion may hinder their chances of victory in the 2024 elections. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "The vast majority of Republican candidates are pro-life, but I think there's a recognition that the...