A seemingly tedious constitutional amendment could have a significant impact on abortion rights. Voters in Ohio will decide on Tuesday whether to alter a century-old method of amending their constitution, raising the minimum voter threshold to 60% from a bare majority.
Voters in Ohio will decide on Tuesday whether to alter a century-old method of amending their constitution, raising the minimum voter threshold to 60% from a bare majority.
If Issue 1 is passed, the abortion-rights amendment will likely be blocked, with support falling below the newly raised threshold. In the 111 years since Ohio first granted voters the power to introduce citizen-led amendments, just 19 of 71 proposed measures have passed the 50% benchmark.Issue 1 has been championed by Ohio's Republican led-legislature and the state's chief election official, Republican secretary of state Frank LaRose.
"Constitutions are for fundamental rights, widely held beliefs," he told the BBC. "Not just a controversial issue that may have 51% support."But opponents of Issue 1 - a diverse and bipartisan coalition - insist it is actually an effort to block the abortion amendment.
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