An estimated 5,000 Ohioans will be in Columbus on Friday for the state's second annual March for Life rally, nearly one month before the state votes on adding abortion rights to its constitution.
Voters in Ohio will decide whether ballot measures should require 60% approval in order to pass which could determine whether protections for abortion rights pass later this year.
On Aug. 8, voters in Ohio will head to the polls for an unusually timed constitutional amendment ballot referendum that, if passed, will require that all future amendments to the state constitution reach a 60% threshold in a statewide vote.
well, a lot of democrats are giving him credit including senator elizabeth warren i think today was out there saying that democrats should credit him because of the fact he was really crystallizing they think the argument heading into the final stretch. a lot of people did doubt what he was focusing on, and biden was focusing on what he and his administration had been doing they think to help america s pocketbooks but also abortion access and threats to democracy. those were two of the biggest arguments from the president and from a another of other democrats. and there was a question about whether or not those two focuses would actually help vulnerable democrats. now, i although some of the polls didn t show that was top of mind for voters when i was traveling to michigan and talking to some voters in pennsylvania it was very clear abortion access was front and center for those voters. in michigan there was an abortion ballot measure in that state along with four other states, b
down the long haul of american history, and you look at really fraught elections, elections where it felt as though there was a turning point, at hand, it is interesting to see what happens after the election. what do people do, who are expected to win, who felt entitled to win? what is it they do when they don t get what they feel entitled to? and also, they are already prone to not already the cozy with the democratic system. are we not cozy with democratic system? this is america, get cozy, people! now joining us is jocelyn benson, secretary of state of michigan, just won her reelection, against her republican candidate, who pushed election lies. she and her running team all actually won, so did their abortion ballot measure, so to the state legislature, house and senate. secretary benson, thank you for being with us, congratulations on your victory. you have been such a great friend to this show, in our discussions about democracy.