Tuesday, October 8 is the first day of early in-person voting and absentee voting by mail for the November 5 general election in Ohio.
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Tag: Issue 1
Poll: Strong Majority Favors Issue 1 in Ohio
A substantial majority of Ohio voters want to change the way the state draws political districts based on a new poll.
The Bowling Green State University and Public Policy Research Network poll of 1,000 likely voters shows 60 percent favor Issue 1, a proposed constitutional amendment that would remove the redistricting process from political leaders and replace them with a 15-member independent commission.
Read the full storyFormer President Donald Trump Urges Ohioans to Vote No on Issue 1
Former President Donald Trump has come out against a proposed constitutional amendment in Ohio that would change the state’s redistricting process set to be presented to voters on the November 5 general election ballot as Issue 1.
Read the full storyOhio Ballot Board Approves Final Issue 1 Language
Democrats called the latest version of ballot language for Issue I rigged and misleading after the Ohio Ballot Board made court-ordered changes Wednesday.
The Ohio Supreme Court ordered the board to change two of eight areas in Issue 1’s ballot language that deals with limits on challenging court decisions and the public’s right to influence the commission.
Read the full storyGroup Behind Effort to Change Ohio’s Redistricting Process to File Lawsuit After Ballot Language Passes State Ballot Board
The campaign behind the effort to amend Ohio’s constitution by rewriting redistricting rules via constitutional amendment announced it will be filing a lawsuit in the Ohio Supreme Court this week after the Ohio Ballot Board adopted ballot language not supported by the group.
Read the full storyOhio Republican Leaders Blast Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Change Redistricting Process
The Ohio Republican Party and Governor Mike DeWine both announced opposition on Wednesday to a proposed constitutional amendment that would amend Ohio’s constitution by rewriting redistricting rules.
Every 10 years after the U.S. Census, the Ohio Redistricting Commission – comprised of seven members – is tasked with redrawing Ohio’s 99 House districts and 33 Senate districts to reflect the most recent census results.
Read the full storyOhio Senator JD Vance: Passage of Issue 1 a ‘Gut Punch’ to Pro-Lifers
Ohio U.S. Senator JD Vance (R-OH) took to social media Wednesday reacting to the passage of Statewide Issue 1 in Ohio.
Read the full storyOhio Voters Pass Statewide Issues 1 and 2
Ohio voters passed both statewide issues on the ballot Tuesday, according to unofficial election results published by the Ohio Secretary of State’s office.
With the passage of Statewide Issue 1, a constitutional amendment, Ohio will now allow for late-term abortion through all nine months of pregnancy, nullifying the state’s current law, which permits abortions up until 22 weeks of pregnancy for any reason.
Read the full storyOhio Voters to Decide Abortion Rights, Recreational Marijuana Tuesday
With early in-person voting concluded, Ohioans head to the polls Tuesday to decide on constitutional amendments on reproductive rights and marijuana legalization.
Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m.
Read the full storyOhio Secretary of State Frank LaRose Defends Election Integrity Measures
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is defending his decision to recently purge thousands of voter registration records that have been inactive for four years and have failed to update their records within that time.
LaRose’s office purged nearly 27,000 inactive voters from the voter rolls on September 28.
Read the full storySenator JD Vance Urges Ohioans to Vote No on Issue 1
Ohio U.S. Senator JD Vance (R-OH) urged Ohioans to vote against Issue 1 during early voting and on the general election ballot November 7.
Read the full storyPoll: Ohioans Show Strong Support for Abortion Rights and Recreational Marijuana
Less than three weeks before Election Day a new poll shows Ohio voters favor constitutional amendments on enshrining abortion rights and legalizing recreational marijuana.
The Baldwin Wallace University poll of 850 registered voters, with 750 identified as likely voters, showed 58% favor Issue 1, which says every individual has a right to make and carry out their reproductive decisions, including but not limited to decisions on contraception, fertility, treatment, continuing one’s pregnancy, miscarriage care and abortion.
Read the full storyGovernor Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine Urge Ohioans to Vote No on Issue 1 This Election
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine appeared in a 30-second advertisement video released on Wednesday urging voters to vote against Issue 1 on the general election ballot next month.
Read the full storyIn-Person Voting Begins in Ohio on Wednesday
Voter registration ends Tuesday, and voting begins Wednesday for Ohioans who will decide reproductive rights and recreational marijuana use in the November general election.
While no statewide races are on the ballot in November, local tax issues and local government elections join the two constitutional amendments that have gained attention since mid-summer.
Read the full storyCommentary: Democrats Think They Can Capture Ohio After ‘Issue 1’ Abortion Loss but Data Shows Turnout Was the Issue
Ohio has been making waves over the past few days because voters rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to change the state’s constitution to add abortion as a “state protected” right.
The left has trumpeted the rejection of Issue 1 as a victory for Democrats and the Biden Campaign now believes Ohio is “in play” according to Politico. After the defeat of Issue 1, the Biden campaign is suddenly eyeing “long shot” states including Ohio and Florida, as well as focusing on three Rust Belt states Biden won in 2020.
Read the full storyFormer Planned Parenthood Director Warns Ohio Parents What Could Happen to Their Daughters if Ballot Amendment Enshrines Abortion in State Constitution
National pro-life leader and former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson spelled out Sunday what could await pregnant teens in Ohio should a proposed constitutional amendment allow them to obtain abortions without parental consent.
Johnson spoke to a large crowd at a Rosary Rally, organized by Catholics for Catholics, to encourage Ohioans to vote “yes” on Issue 1 on Tuesday.
Read the full storySteve Cortes Commentary: Vote ‘Yes’ on Issue 1, Protect Ohio from Extremists Like the ‘School Porn Moms of Shaker Heights’
Why are the most radical groups in America, from BLM to the ACLU, suddenly so enthused about politics in Ohio?
After all, Ohio is a generally traditional, center-right state. But these leftists now seek to abuse the process of representative government in Ohio by compelling binding state constitutional referendums in lower turnout election cycles to inflict liberal policies that would never survive the normal lawmaking process.
Read the full storyOhio Prayer Rally ‘To Save Children from Abortion and Genital Mutilation’ Amendment Draws Nation’s Top Catholic Speakers
An organization of faithful Catholics has drawn the nation’s top Catholic speakers to its Ohio prayer rally Sunday to “save children from abortion up to birth and genital mutilation without parental consent,” as allowed by the proposed ballot amendment to the state constitution known as Issue 1.
Catholics for Catholics, a group that helped organize the Los Angeles Dodgers prayer rally to protest the club’s decision to honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an anti-Catholic group of queer and transgender “nuns,” has now orchestrated the “Rosary Rally” that seeks to defeat “the diabolical effort to codify abortion-on-demand and genital mutilation in the Ohio State constitution.”
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