Voters will decide how changes are made to Ohio’s constitution in prelude to November abortion fight
Ohio voters will decide Tuesday whether changes to the state constitution will require a simple majority or 60% support, a decision that will have a major impact on a November fight over a pro-choice abortion measure.
The vote is drawing nationwide attention to Ohio, which has long been a swing state but has turned more Republican in recent years, and a flood of outside money from political interest groups. “It’s been hard for them to hide that that’s what it’s about,” Mr. Pepper said. “It’s obviously this is a desperate effort to change the rules.”
The preliminary fight over the threshold for constitutional changes is significant because a Suffolk University/USA Today poll found that a majority of Ohio voters, about 58%, support the amendment — not enough to clear a 60% threshold.
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