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(Bloomberg) -- Ohio voters decide Tuesday if access to abortion care should be enshrined in the state’s constitution. It’ll be closely watched nationally as a gauge of a key issue ahead of the 2024 US presidential elections.Most Read from BloombergAmazon’s Jeff Bezos Announces Move to Miami From SeattleSam Bankman-Fried Convicted of Fraud in Stunning FTX CrashBiggest Cross-Asset Rally This Year Takes Wall Street by StormIceland’s Blue Lagoon on Alert for Magma Flows A...

In a historic move, The House has voted to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker.

All eyes are on the Buckeye State to see if a pair of ballot initiatives might juice turnout in an otherwise sleepy election year.

Ohioans will vote on two ballot initiatives this November, centered on critical issues that could inspire either passionate or awkward debate at the Thanksgiving table a few weeks later: One is an amendment to enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution, and the other a proposal to legalize the purchase and possession of marijuana. Despite the lower turnout inherent in a year without a presidential or even midterm contest, the salience of these issues will likely raise the profil

Four issues on evangelicals’ minds as the Republican presidential race moves forward.

Political experts said how having abortion and marijuana on the ballot will affect the outcomes of either will depend on several factors.

Political scientists weigh in on how having abortion rights and legal marijuana on the same statewide Ohio ballot this November might affect the outcome of both issues.

The defeat of Issue 1 has raised questions about whether there’s a shift toward Democrats, or if the GOP continues to have a firm hold.

Not all Christians in Ohio agreed on how to approach the referendum, which aimed to raise the threshold for passing constitutional amendments.

The fraught politics of abortion have helped turn an August ballot question in Ohio that would make it harder to change the state constitution into a cauldron of misinformation and fear-mongering.