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Require that 60% threshold was clearly designed to be put in into place —— put into place before that november vote on abortion rights. i mean republican lawmakers who put this before voters said as much, and were pretty clear about that. and so now that we know that the abortion amendment will only need a simple majority to pass, then republicans who are opposed to abortion rights are likely to consider some other options potentially. there is already a lawsuit to try to stop this from goin...

More than 700,000 ohioans had voted going into election day. and that strength continued throughout election day. so even as the numbers continue to come in from across the state, we can now project that the vote no wentz. and you can hear the applause behind me here. what this means is the beginning of the process. this is the beginning of a major campaign over abortion rights. and one of americas classic battleground states. ohio of course, has been trending red in recent presidential election...

Increase the threshold for changes to, or amendments to, the constitution. currently, it requires a simple majority — 50% plus one vote — and the attempt is to raise that to 60%, to make it more difficult to see these amendments go through. and republicans say this is an attempt to safeguard the constitution from outside financial interests. we often see this in american politics, where a decision is being made in the state and outside interests pour a lot of money into campaigns on one side...

So too did the weather patterns and ultimately so to do our lives. we turn to the us state of ohio. multiple media outlets project voters have decided against raising the threshold needed to amend the states constitution by pubic vote. the rare august special election quickly became a proxy fight for a vote on reproductive rights coming this november. thats when 0hioans will vote on a state—wide right to abortion until foetal viability, which is about 2k weeks into a pregnancy. tuesdays ballot...

Not only the first week of july with the record but the three weeks of july, where the warmest on record. with respect to previous record temperature for july, its so large that we can confidently say that its almost certain to -- virtually certain that the end of july, we will have seen the warmest july on record. >> charting global our temperatures, you can see here, starting in the 1940s on the left. the major upswing in july temperatures all the way to 2023. eu scientists say that weve met a...

Frontal attack or an end run on abortion rights that people show up to vote, and they feel very strongly about this, and i suspect that the measure that is on the ballot in ohio in november is going to pass securing abortion rights in the constitution in ohio, but i also believe that in the 2024 election that abortion will continue to be an animating issue for voters. >> congressman jolly, what do you make of this republican-led effort to just introduce this measure in the first place, to try an...

And then you have yesterday informs that ballpark. its almost spooky. also a reminder of why the republicans in ohio wanted to change the constitutional threshold to 60%. they are very well aware of those numbers. but the consistency on this topic is really stunning. >> especially the timeline. the fact that were moving furd and further away from the decision and youre still seeing numbers like this. that bodes well for democrats. abortion has motivated republicans for decades. its driven people...

Ohio. >> red, red, red. voters overwhelmingly rejected a republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to change the states constitution. more than 3 million people went to the polls in ohios special election, voting to defeat issue one, which keeps the threshold for passing future constitutional amendments at a simple majority. >> this was all about abortion. >> rather than 60% super majority that was proposed. >> all about abortion. >> of course, this is all about abortion, ...

They thought that this was a way to make it harder to put abortion protections into the states constitution. its important to look at that 57% number, which is how much this measure failed by. 57% still overwhelmingly resounding in terms of the results. it also speaks to the reason why in the first place republicans wanted to make the threshold 60%, even in a high turnout election like this one where millions of people voted despite it being in the middle of august, youre still only seeing 57%, ...

Republicans "no." one person, one vote, majority rules in these forums. you cant change the rules midstream, because you want to continue taking away the rights of women from making decisions about their own bodies. >> president biden celebrated after issue one failed, releasing a statement that reads, this measure was a blatant attempt to weaken voters voices and further erode the freedom of women to make their own health care decisions. ohioans spoke loud and clear and tonight, democracy won. ...