Allow a citizen initiated constitutional amendment. The political rhetoric from the no side is going to be what it is going to be. This is a common sense thing for ohioans to say we own our constitution and it shouldnt be for sale to out of state special interests. So jake, this is also about more than Abortion Rights. Its also about minimum wage. There is a proposed constitutional amendment next year that could have ohio Voters Decide minimum wage. So the proponents of this are trying to change the rules if you will to make it harder to amend the states constitution. Jeff, how much money has been spent in this special election . Outside money, jake, has been flooding in this summer. This has been a pretty short campaign. And more than 26 million has been coming in. Again, this is crossing more than just normal party lines. But democrats, if you look at it that way, are spending more on Television Ads than republican aligned groups. There has been an ad war in Television Campaigns as w
allow a citizen initiated constitutional amendment. the political rhetoric from the no side is going to be what it is going to be. this is a common sense thing for ohioans to say we own our constitution and it shouldn t be for sale to out of state special interests. so jake, this is also about more than abortion rights. it s also about minimum wage. there is a proposed constitutional amendment next year that could have ohio voters decide minimum wage. so the proponents of this are trying to change the rules if you will to make it harder to amend the state s constitution. jeff, how much money has been spent in this special election? outside money, jake, has been flooding in this summer. this has been a pretty short campaign. and more than $26 million has been coming in. again, this is crossing more than just normal party lines. but democrats, if you look at it that way, are spending more on television ads than republican aligned groups. there has been an ad war in television campa
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country. republicans are facing the aftermath. they are seeing their position, which that abortion should be outlawed, for otherize rejected, over and over from coast to coast. the backlash began just weeks after that decision came down at the end of june. cats voters overwhelmingly rejected it. an amendment to their state constitution that would ve allowed legislator to ban abortion. that vote was 50 1941. in a very red state. and it isn t shockwaves through the republican party. this month,, abortion rights are on the ballot in several more states. california, montana, michigan, kentucky, fremont. and it was a clean sweep for reproductive rights in all i five states. now, abortion rights activists
to muster 60% of the vote of the people, and maybe you should not consider bringing it to the ballot. now, okay, like, you are tracking, this rate? pro-choice advocates say that we want to put a validation of, constitutional amendment on the state. happened in other states. the republican secretary of state frank burrow says, you know what i m thinking? let us make it harder to pass one of those. now, the rose claims that the proposal is no connection at all to any potential ballot measure on abortion. but he wants to put the amendment up for a vote during the primary in may, likely before an abortion initiative would make it onto the ballot. and here is the best part of this. their own plan to make it harder to pass a future constitutional amendments would require just a simple majority to pass. so if you can get 50 plus one, maybe you can stop the people of ohio from actually governing themselves where abortion is concerned, which is the point. it is all very transparent. but ohio