Ohio Gop Moves To Derail Abortion Rights Amendment

Dan Balz: “For 111 years, Ohio voters have lived with a set of rules for amending their state constitution through citizen initiative. The requirements have not changed and the threshold for enactment has always been 50 percent plus one. Today, Republicans in the legislature want to change that. The reason is abortion, and the maneuvering underway there adds to a bigger story about the Republican Party.” “The story in Ohio is somewhat convoluted, as legislative and parliamentary processes often are.

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