Let's go! This and abortion on the ballot? Oh buddy.
this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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Hopefully this leads to a very strong voter turnout, but it also means we're about to be carpet-bombed with political ads. Probably moreso than usual for Ohio, which is just terrifying.
Didn't they just straight up ignore the anti gerrymandering passed by the citizens of Ohio? What makes Ohioans think they wouldn't just do that again?
Tax revenue from sales definitely goes a long way.
Are you kidding? There will be a special legislative session and a bill in his desk to repeal before the weekend is out.
They've already pissed off voters and embarrassed themselves with this whole Issue 1 failure. If this passes and they refuse to go along with it, 2024 is going to be that much more difficult for them.
I hope you are right but I'm not convinced they think that they made a mistake with issue 1. I know LaRose is trying to save face but all I've heard is blah blah blah, outside influence, and they needed more time to get the message out. They have to know, right?
That's just what they're putting into public statements. They know they fucked up. Even if you go along with their bullshit lines, they failed to protect the state from "outside interests", which from what I can tell just means "city folk".
Frank wants to run against Sherrod next year for Senator (or so I've heard), but now he's going to have a tougher primary because of this. This was supposed to be his major accomplishment to tout, but now he looks like he doesn't know what Ohioans want and can't get things passed.
I actually hope they DO nullify it, or least try hard enough to be noticed. It will seal their political fate.
I'm surprised they did this as a statute. It will be trivial for the legislature to curtail or reverse it.
It's also widely supported by voters of both parties so it would be political suicide to do so. I don't think that's going to be an issue, Especially if it passes by a margin exceeding 51%. And The conservatives in our state have already demonstrated that they're going to focus their efforts on the abortion issue.
Read elsewhere that the barriers to getting it on the ballot are (imo) roughly half of what it takes for an amendment. Considering they just barely got over the hurdle for that, seems like they made the right call.
way. to. go. OHighO.