Under state law, [Ohio Secretary of State] LaRose could have used the full text of the amendment as written….Instead, LaRose recast the amendment to purposely mislead & deceive.

“His draft is slanted with such routinely deployed anti-abortion propaganda it could have been dictated…by #ohio Right to Life President Mike Gonidakis.”
#abortionrights #issue1

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/08/29/larose-pushes-unfair-inaccurate-language-for-voters-on-november-ohio-reproductive-rights-amendment/

How did #Issue1 fail in #Ohio? We asked the top spokesmen for ‘Yes’ and ‘No’
https://flip.it/uqBFm-

Don’t Be Confused – The Rejection Of #Issue1 In #Ohio Was About Much More Than #ReproductiveRights
https://flip.it/eWMc_e

Letters: #Issue1 #FrankLaRose's boneheaded waste of $20m. #FranklinCountyjail is in Stone Age
https://flip.it/EMw-fo

5 days before #Ohio's August 8's #SpecialElection regarding #Issue1, the #OhioGOP changed the locations of 50 voting precents for 47,000 voters. It's also the largest voting African American voting county in Ohio

There was no mainstream news coverage of it even though CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, etc all have press partners in Ohio and should have known about it

Newsweek covered it the day of the election.
https://www.newsweek.com/ohio-gop-changing-polling-locations-days-before-election-1818282

Shocking voter purge crisis of democracy
https://www.rawstory.com/voter-purges/

3 million people voted on Issue 1 in #Ohio on Tuesday. That is twice the number of people who voted in the 2022 primary elections there.

In a state where #Trump won by 10 points I think it’s becoming abundantly clear to these #Republican jerks that reproductive rights are not an issue for only one side.

Ohio has proven they are a pro-choice state. Just like Kansas did. Red or not.

#USPol #Politics #Issue1

#Issue1 results are quite a debacle for #Ohio #Republicans
https://flip.it/6fUGxn

#Ohio’s #Issue1 Smackdown
https://flip.it/CYuWRo
#ohio #larose

#FrankLaRose’s very bad day. Sec. of State dodged press, issued angry statement as #Issue1 failed
https://flip.it/NTIHur
#Ohio #issueOne

How #Issue1 was defeated
https://flip.it/HLrbkK
#Ohio #issueONE

Challenges to citizen initiatives on abortion can come from more than one branch of a hostile state. These interventions by executive officials—unlike the much-discussed vote on #issue1—can fly under the radar of public awareness.
In addition, because these interventions must be opposed not through an election but through litigation in state courts, the forum itself mutes the public voice.

Republicans don’t fight fair when they hold supermajorities. #Ohio can’t rest on yesterday’s win.
#gop

The #Ohio Secretary of State's office predicted 8% voter turnout for the Wed's #Issue1 election, but turnout was closer to 20%*. 

We'll definitely take the win, but it also meant 80% didn't even bother.

Democracy, my ass...

SOURCE,: @WSAZnews https://www.wsaz.com/2023/08/08/lines-out-door-ohio-voters-consider-issue-1/

It was as if Clark County, #Ohio set out to prove why this election was all about.

#Issue1 was defeated there by ONE VOTE. Under current rules, that’s decisive for NO. Had it been under terms of raised threshold, that woulda meant NO victory for NO

Source: DecisionDeskHQ

A couple of the #Bellefontaine #LoganCounty #Democrats clowning the #Issue1 failure. Many sad #Ohio #Republicans drove by looking very sad.

This morning, I want to thank Frank LaRose for awakening a sleeping Ohio electorate.

Now that we have taken care of the dictators for a season, time to work on the abortion issue and Marijuana issue.

#Ohio #Issue1

If I'm not mistaken the #ohio #Issue1 is going to be rejected by less than 60%. This is a huge win and a blow out win (by at least a 10 point margin) but good grief it shows how important this election was.

In November the right for people to choose could have been rejected had Ohio Issue 1 passed yesterday, requiring a 60% vote to pass an amendment via the people.

#Vote it matters

Pence's "urgings" amounted to little more than a fart in a hurricane.
#Ohio #Abortionrights #Issue1
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Pence urges Ohio voters to pass measure that could hurt abortion rights push
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4143906-pence-urges-ohio-voters-to-pass-measure-that-could-hurt-abortion-rights-push/

Ohio voters reject measure aimed at blocking abortion rights amendment.

The 19th reports: "The defeat of Ohio’s Issue 1 is a blow to efforts by conservatives who want to raise barriers to passing ballot measures that would establish a right to abortion."

https://flip.it/0uP1q3

#Abortion #AbortionRights #Women #Ohio #Issue1 #USPolitics #Politics #News

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#issue1

Way to go, Ohio! #Issue1 ✊🏻