In Tuesday's special election, Ohioans overwhelmingly voted against requiring a supermajority to amend their state constitution
In Tuesday's special election, Ohioans overwhelmingly voted against requiring a supermajority to amend their state constitution
Voters in Ohio rejected a measure known as Issue 1 that would have raised the bar for constitutional amendments on the ballot.
Voters in Ohio went to the polls to decide whether to approve a measure known as Issue 1 that would raise the bar for constitutional amendments on the ballot. In the ultimate irony, the vote against changing the amendment process exceeded the 60% supermajority that the special election was seeking to require in the first place.
If I read this correctly, a supermajority of voters decided that a supermajority should not be required to amend the constitution.
Sounds like a win to me.
That is correct. Such a delicious win.
Republicans purposely made this seemingly decent legislation complete shit. It makes sense to have a higher threshold for constitutional amendments. But 60% makes it nearly impossible. And this did not require its own 60% bar to pass. And it required getting signatures from all districts instead of just half which would mean only larger organizations could do it. All of it was bullshit. They went for a very thinly veiled power grab and the people told them to fuck off. Well done Ohio.
If this is an indication of anything, how does the GOP feel about their chances going into next year knowing that they're the party that gutted abortion rights? Yeah you're not winning presidency and you can kiss those mid-terms goodbye too, assholes.
The only way these assholes are gonna win anything, is if they abuse their power within Congress and the Supreme Court.
Oh don't worry, if they see any chance to abuse their power and potentially get away with it, they won't even dream about giving it a second thought.