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early turnout off the charts For the Ohio special election that will determine whether the state constitution is amended – an election clearly to come before the decisive miscarriage measurement It appears on the state ballot this fall.
Voting ends Tuesday night for Ohio Number 1, which would raise the threshold for victory for the referendum from a simple majority to 60 percent of the vote. (The pro-choice position is a “no” vote). If the measure passes, the new rules would go into effect before November, thus locking in a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.
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People wait in hour-long lines in August to vote, and while Ohioans aren’t registered by a political party, a political company that tracks early in-person and mail-in voting told the Associated Press that data indicate Democratic-leaning voters turn out in greater numbers than Republicans.
As of Tuesday (August 1), voters identified by L2 as Democrats had cast more than 52% of the vote, compared to 40% by voters identified as Republicans. Independents cast their remaining ballots, according to the company, which represents party affiliation using the party primaries a voter has recently participated in.
So far, women are showing up in higher numbers than men, according to L2.
One woman from suburban Columbus, Sheila Harrell, Tell The Associated Press voted against Issue 1 and specifically cited the case of A A 10-year-old girl in Ohio who had to travel to Indiana to have an abortion as the reason behind her desire to legalize abortion in her home state.
A reporter from NBC 4 Columbus shared a video of the early voting line wrapping around a Franklin County polling site Thursday.
Polls show that enshrining abortion rights in the Constitution is popular, and the August 8 special election is popular UnpopularOhioans overwhelmingly support the abortion amendment itself (58 percent to 32 percent), and oppose efforts to change the amendment process (57 percent to 26 percent). In addition, only a third of Republicans Those who oppose the abortion procedure support the Republican Party’s ploy to change the process.
Summer special elections are usually low turnout and expensive; They are so unpopular that the Ohio Legislature banned them in 2022 unless they were needed to take a seat in Congress. However, when it became clear after the 2022 midterms that abortion rights advocates were I’m going to continue ballot initiative Ohio Republicans moved to mandate this election, which is estimated at It cost $20 million. (Senior Republican Richard Oehlin, CEO of freight supply company Uline, is highest financier from the main group supporting the August election.)
Conservatives stop at nothing to pass Problem 1: They Attempt to stoke transphobia around mod language, and in late July, some sued to try Prevent the poll from appearing on the November ballot. (The lawsuit appears doomed, since the Republican Secretary of State has already authorized the measure.)
Ohio will be VII State to put abortion to statewide vote after the fall ruThe pro-choice position won every six times So far, even the states of Kansas, Kentucky, and Montana are very red. Abortion is currently legal in Ohio, but only because a The judge banned A six-week ban from work in October. The ban can become effective during the appeal process.
While high turnout usually bodes well for progressives, we’ll have to wait until Tuesday night to see if that’s the case here.
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