Backers and opponents of Issue 1, the proposed Ohio constitutional amendment that would raise the bar for passing future amendments, squared off in a televised debate Tuesday night.
The following article was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal and published on News5Cleveland.com under a content-sharing agreement.
Early vote figures from the Secretary of State’s office indicate the election is already on track for historic turnout in an August election. So far, public data only covers the first seven days of voting. But at least when it comes to in-person ballots, turnout is similar to last year’s mid-term general election.Tuesday, LaRose announced organizers behind a different amendment have collected the necessary signatures to appear on November’s ballot.
LaRose drew the connection explicitly, and underscored the spurious arguments offered by anti-abortion activists. He described the reproductive rights amendment as “the most extreme abortion amendment in the country that would take away parental rights and really subject children to potential child abuse without the parents even knowing that’s something to be afraid of.”
Supporters’ core argument held that imposing a supermajority requirement would “protect” the constitution from out of state special interests. Illinois billionaire Richard Uihlein has put more than a million dollars behind the effort. Nevertheless Gonidakis made the argument that a “yes” vote is the best way to discourage similar donors.
Issue 1 does nothing to actually stop out-of-state donations. Instead, proponents’ argue that higher threshold would discourage amendments. As Russo noted in committee hearings, Florida, which has the same 60% threshold Issue 1 proposes, has actually seen the opposite.
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