Ohio voters decide constitutional change

(8 Aug 2023)
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Cincinnati – 20 July 2023
HEADLINE: Ohio voters decide constitutional change
1. Tight of sign at Created Equal gathering

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Columbus, Ohio - 7 August 2023
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press:
"Ohioans are going to the polls on Tuesday to decide Issue 1. It's a constitutional amendment that would raise the threshold for passing future constitutional amendments from 50% plus one, a simple majority to 60%."

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Cincinnati – 20 July 2023
3. Medium of sign

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Columbus, Ohio - 7 August 2023
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press:
"If Issue 1 passes on Tuesday, the threshold for future amendments will be raised to 60%. That would most immediately impact an abortion rights amendment that is scheduled for November. So that measure would have to pass with 60% or more versus the 50% plus one that it would have to pass by now. If Issue 1 fails, then that issue would need a simple majority of 50% of the vote plus one."

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Lewis Center, Ohio – 9 June 2023
5. Tight of fliers advocating to vote against Issue One

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ARCHIVE: Columbus, Ohio – 25 October 2022
6. Close up of Ohioans casting a vote during the early voting period

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Columbus, Ohio - 7 August 2023
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press:
"Supporters of Issue 1, their main argument on the air on the statewide airwaves has been that the U.S. Constitution has a higher thrust threshold than 50% and that we should want to be like our founding fathers."

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ARCHIVE: Columbus, Ohio – 3 May 2023
8. Pan of protesters gathering in the statehouse against Issue 1

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Columbus, Ohio - 7 August 2023
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press:
"On the opponents side of Issue 1, they have argued that this is going to give more power to outside groups that are already our state house is corrupt. We've seen a former ex speaker go to prison for 20 years, not even a month ago for a huge bribery scheme, and that basically we have a gerrymandered state house that is not responsive to the voice of the people and that this constitutional amendment process was really the last way in which the simple majority of Ohio citizens was able to be heard."

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Lewis Center, Ohio – 9 June 2023
10. Tight of fliers advocating to vote against Issue 1
STORYLINE:
Ohio’s voters will decide Tuesday whether to make their state constitution harder to amend, as a highly charged special election that has direct bearing on a November ballot question over abortion rights comes to a close.

If Issue 1 passes, the threshold for voters being able to change the state constitution would rise from a simple majority to 60%.

That would make it difficult, if not impossible, for the fall proposal to succeed, based on polling figures.

Voters in several states, even deeply conservative ones, have affirmed abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, though usually with less than 60% of the vote.

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