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Voters in Ohio reject GOP-backed proposal that would have made it tougher to protect abortion rights

Abortion is the big ticket item and the headline isn't wrong but it's also more than that- it would've basically given the Ohio Republican Party power for decades. They already illegally gerrymander, etc. and this would've made them even more unaccountable.

  • Current rules- 44 counties to get signatures, 10 day cure period to gather more if you fall short, 50+% to pass.
  • Proposed rules- 5% from ALL 88 counties, no cure period, 60% to pass.

Essentially, grassroots initiatives already have a high hurdle and this would've made them effectively impossible. Only big moneyed interests could ever get anything on the ballot again.

Very, very happy it failed.

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It's official: Ohio redistricting amendment makes November ballot. What would it do?

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If you read the full text of the amendment you'll see it has a lot of safeguards designed to ensure fair districts.

https://www.citizensnotpoliticians.org/petition/

This is unequivocally an improvement over the current process where legislators get to pick their voters and disenfranchise people.

Note- you have to click the document itself to get the full PDF of it which is 31 pages long.