Stevenh Steinglass News Today

Conservative interest groups are pushing Issue 1, which would require a supermajority for any petition-based constitutional amendments to pass.

Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens will decide how many House members must vote yes for the resolution to pass.

Ohio Republicans introduced a new resolution Thursday that purposely makes it more difficult for citizens to amend the state Constitution.

Voter advocate groups in Ohio as well as a legal expert are highly critical of an Ohio Republican plan backed by Secretary of State Frank LaRose to make citizen constitutional ballot initiatives harder to pass.

Ohio constitutional scholar: Issue 2 is about something other than making sure that noncitizens do not vote in local elections.