CHICAGO (AP) — Abortion wasn’t technically on the ballot in Ohio’s special election. But the overwhelming defeat of a measure that would have made it tougher to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution this fall was the latest indicator that...
When the smoke clears in a fortnight, pray that Ohio’s electorate spent enough time studying their down ballot as well as voting in the big two races, and thus soundly defeated Issue 1. Hugh Hewitt is host of "The Hugh Hewitt Show," heard weekday mornings 6am to 9am ET on the ...
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 pregnant against our will. It’s a...
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Spring said he’s “pro-life” but also thinks “we have to have some legal abortion,” with a cutoff somewhere in the first or second trimester. The state’s six-week ban went too far, he said, but so does Issue 1, a ballot initiative that would prevent the state from restricting ...
Ohio’s constitutional amendment, on the ballot as Issue 1, included some of the most protective language for abortion access of any statewide ballot initiative since the Supreme Court’s ruling.Opponentshad argued that the amendment would threatenparental rights,allow unrestricted gender surgeries for...
Issue 1 was supported by a coalition of both parties, business as well as labor groups, and farmers. It will be financed by long-term bonds and will enable the state to spend some $2 billion to f...
In an opinion earlier this month, the high court required the ballot board to make two small changes to its approved language — but it let stand the passage that will describe Issue 1 as requiring gerrymandering. The court's Republican majority agreed with the...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio election officials have approved ballot language that will describe this fall’s Issue 1, a redistricting measure, as requiring gerrymandering when the proposal is intended to do the opposite.
The last thing they want are empowered Ohioans who vote — we’ll just get in the way of passing their agenda. So rather than sell us on the merits of their plan and allow for many public hearings, they forced Issue 1 to the ballot in a low turnout election hoping that we aren’...