something that jason said there which is we ve heard a lot about this 60% threshold, but there are other elements to this that are particularly nefarious. so it does increase the voting threshold for constitutional amendments, also makes new requirements for ballot initiatives to qualify, it would require signatures from each of the state s 88 counties up from 44 where it stands now. so it is doubling that. i guess it all sounds tedious, if it all sounds bureaucratic, if we re trying our best to explain it in a way that is not that is by design, right? their hope was that if it seemed like they were just tinkering on the margins with the process that people would not be able to connect the dots and understand that what they were actually doing was trying to take away basic rights. yeah, i think that activism is what we re seeing as a response to these attempts to change the rules. and i think that s what s really been surprising, i think, for
decisions up and to and including abortion until the fetus is viable on its own. the amendment would also ban the state from interfering directly or indirectly with anyone s reproductive health decisions with few exceptions. the groups have lobbied the republican led legislature to help make it harder to get that measure on the november ballot. in march a state senate committee heard from members of christian advocacy groups with mission statements like, quote, advocating for public policy that reflects the truth of the gospel. in this case, they were advocating to change the voting threshold needed to pass the state constitutional amendment to require a 60% super majority of ohio voters not just a simple majority. they were successful. the legislature is allowing voters to cast ballots in august to decide whether a 60% super majority will be required for a constitutional amendment to pass. now, that s despite the fact
hope and you are extending the war out to november 24, january 25, that is what trump is actually doing right now. professor timothy snyder, thank you very much for joining us tonight. always a pleasure, thank you. thank you. going back to the senate floor live where the vote stands right now at 63 to 36 not sure if there is another senator who is going to vote to bring that to 64 or 2:37. but they have not closed the bow. here it is. the voting threshold had been achieved. the bill is passed. and there it is, 63 to 36, the bill is passed, as we just heard from the junior senator from california presiding over this very important session of the united states senate. we said at the beginning of this hour that it was on a fast
the russians, if you follow them and their media, they are very much hoping that trump wins this war, wins this election. that is their hail mary. they are hoping that trump or desantis, but mostly trump wins this war. and when trump talks like that, when he makes this unreality, he basically, and this is what americans should understand, he is making the war last longer. you know, he doesn t pick the position that ukraine should win and we should help them. you are giving the russians hope and you are extending the war out to november 24, january 25, that is what trump is actually doing right now. professor timothy snyder, thank you very much for joining us tonight. always a pleasure, thank you. thank you. going back to the senate floor live where the vote stands right now at 63 to 36 not sure if there is another senator who is going to vote to bring that to 64 or 37. but they have not closed the vote. here it is. the voting threshold had been achieved. the bill is passed.