BREAKING: Ohio ballot initiative to make it more difficult to amend state constitution fails
Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on Democrats running ‘against the Court’ after their decisions on affirmative action, free speech, and division of powers.to make it harder to amend the state constitution, a change conservatives said was needed to protect the state from a radical liberal agenda, has failed to pass in a lopsided vote.to pass will remain at 50% rather than the 60% the initiative would have required had it passed.
As of last Wednesday, more than 533,000 people had voted by mail or in person since early voting began July 11, according to data collected by. That's nearly double the final early voting figures for Ohio's two previous midterm primary elections, which included races for governor and Congress. Supporters and opponents of a GOP-backed measure that would make it harder to amend the Ohio constitution packed the statehouse rotunda Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio ahead of the Ohio House's vote.
Democrat opponents of the measure made the argument that the initiative would take away power from voters and give it to politicians. They also focused their opposition largely on abortion.Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @brandon_cg. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.
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