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Ohio voters will decide if the right to an abortion should be added to state's constitution

The most common argument for raising the threshold to pass a citizen-led ballot initiative goes something like this: Raising the required percentage of votes “protects [a state] Constitution from deep-pocketed, out-of-state interests.” That’s the exact language Republicans used in Ohio this week in their attempt to pass Issue 1, which would have raised the threshold required for constitutional amendments—from a simple majority to 60 percent of the vote. But citizen-le...

A controversial ballot issue in Ohio has both sides gearing up for an all-out push to the polls as they open on Tuesday.

With Tuesday’s election looming, Bowling Green Council on Monday voted to postpone indefinitely two resolutions concerning the controversial Issue 1.

The special election in Ohio is getting closer. The ballot has one issue on it, and voters get to decide "Yes" or "No."

Live Ohio ballot measure election results and analysis. POLITICO's coverage of 2023 races for Congress, state supreme courts, mayors and more.

Ohioans are heading to the polls next Tuesday to vote for one thing: A proposed state constitutional amendment that would make it harder to pass future state…

Some three-year fixed savings accounts are paying interest rates as high as 6.05 percent.

The man leading Ohio's election, Secretary of State Frank LaRose, says the state's special election went off well as the state was able to reach the required amount of poll workers to run this special election.

If Issue 1 passes, Ohio will require proposed constitutional amendments to receive 60 percent of the vote, instead of the current simple majority required.