Ohioans will finish voting on a referendum, known as Issue 1, with an ostensibly straightforward question: Should it be harder to amend the state constitution? What’s at stake in Ohio’s referendum on amending state constitution:
Ohioans will finish voting Tuesday on a referendum with an ostensibly straightforward question: Should it be harder to amend the state constitution?
“Attempting to amend Ohio’s Constitution is a lucrative business, and moneyed interests see Ohio as an easy mark,” state Rep. Brian Stewart, who sponsored the resolution ordering the referendum, said during a debate in early May. But it is not impossible: Two amendments that sought to prohibit political gerrymandering of state legislative and congressional districts, in 2015 and 2018, were approved by about 75% of voters.
Major support also has come from the Buckeye Firearms Association, an Ohio pro-gun group with an interest in discouraging initiatives that could limit access to guns. And the movement has a prominent supporter in Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, who said in an interview that he cast a “yes” vote last week.
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