Voting is underway in Ohio in a special election concerning whether to make it harder to amend the state's constitution — a vote which could have big implications for abortion rights in the state.
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Issue 1 also would create more strict signature requirements for citizen-led measures to appear on the ballot. Currently, organizers must collect a number of signatures equal to 5% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election from half of Ohio’s 88 counties. If Issue 1 passes, organizers would need signatures from all 88 counties.
Critics have denounced Tuesday's election as a scrambled effort by Ohio’s GOP to alter election rules to undermine November’s abortion ballot measure.
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