The Ohio Ballot Board's party-line vote came a day after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that its previous wording stood to mislead voters as they decide in August whether to make it tougher to amend the state's constitution.
Protestors fill the Ohio Statehouse rotunda in advance of the House session to vote on SJR2. May 10, 2023. language describing an upcoming statewide ballot proposal while stopping short of making additional changes advanced by the opposition campaign, Democrats and voting rights advocates.
Statehouse Republicans created a special August election for taking up the issue in hopes that a victory would thwart a November proposal to enshrine abortion access in the Ohio Constitution. Such proposals have passed with well over half the vote in other states but under 60%. New wording written by Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose's office and approved Tuesday removes the word “any,” falling on the title: “Elevating the standards to qualify for an initiated constitutional amendment and to pass a constitutional amendment.”
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