Page 9 - Issue 1 News Today

There are regulations when it comes to signs or any campaign items at polling locations in Ohio, and now people are asking if a local church is in violation of those rules after displaying a sign urging people to vote "yes" on Issue 1.

Voters in Ohio rejected a GOP-backed attempt to raise the threshold for implementing constitutional amendments through public ballot measures.

In what is being celebrated as a victory for abortion rights advocates, Ohioans have decided to keep the minimum voter threshold of a bare majority for amending their constitution, rejecting an attempt to raise it to 60%.

The Republican-backed Issue 1 failed in Ohio on Tuesday, the latest defeat in elections in which abortion was the key issue for voters.

Ohio voters have rejected Issue 1 in a special election which many see as a major victory for pro-abortion supporters.

Ohio's Issue 1 defeat: the abortion rights battle takes center stage as reproductive advocates secure victory, reshaping the state's constitutional landscape.

Many of the Republicans who got behind this fraud of an issue have now given Dems a very clear message to run on: The Republican Party is corrupt, two-faced, cynical and think we’re all too stupid to see through it.

Pro-life advocates are intensifying efforts against an Ohio ballot initiative that would establish a right to abortion in the state's constitution. This comes after Ohio voters defeated a separate referendum aimed at increasing the requirements to pass constitutional amendments.

Billionaire Richard Uihlein donated $4 million to Protect Our Constitution, the PAC behind Ohio’s Issue 1 legislation, but it wasn’t enough for Ohioans to vote ‘yes.’

Opponents argue that a yes vote would give “special interests the winning advantage.”