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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 spend ....
Over the majority. in other words, if 59% of ohioans say no, they want abortion rights in the state constitution, that s still not going to be enough under these new rules if they pass. that s right. it would take 60%. and jake, this is coming in the context of what happened last summer in the wake of the supreme court decision. just about a year ago we saw the amendment in kansas pass to enshrine abortion rights there. just shy of 60%. in kentucky, another red state, just shy of 60% as well. so we ask the republican secretary of state franklin rose a pro poet of issue 1 why something like this is constitutional or even appropriate. this is what he said. i think that that s a silly idea. i mean, it s a this is democracy at work. asking the people, do they want to have the same kind of common sense protections in place that many other states have. many other states around the country, many states don t even ....
Particle ttachmentitarian s advice. that s a tough road to go and i hope the senate is seriously considering that. the other is we just have to get rid of the filibuster. you know the history of immigration reform in the senate. it isn t that we don t have the votes to pass immigration reform, but with the fiibuster threshold and a party, republican party increasingly taken aim at immigrants and refused to do common sense protections that the majority of americans support, comprehensive immigration reform, a path to citizenship for dreamers, tps holders, essential workers, these are not things that are controversial with the american people but the only way to get that done is if we actually reform the filibuster and allow for us to go with a simple majority in the senate. i m glad you bring that up. 2013 there was an opportunity, the gang of eight, four republicans, four democrats in the senate, come forth with a comprehensive immigration reform ....
In the republican party forcing moderates to ask when the republican party has left them behind. reporter: left up to women where to draw the line even in the third trimester. i want to say any other restrictions on abortion rights that you support? the framework is established in roe versus wade. early in pregnancy, very few restrictions. late in pregnancy, very few exceptions. and that has stood as the law of the land for as long as i ve been alive. what s radical is the idea of are banning abortion outright, the thought that a woman who is raped and seeks abortion care can find her doctor going to prison longer than her rapist. new and extreme is the assault on roe versus wade which has established the framework for common sense protections, restrictions and exceptions that have been the law of the land as long as i ve been alive and now being overturned or threatened by radical agendas. and behind you, the supreme court. talked about the need for real reform. ....