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Something that jason said there which is weve heard a lot about this 60% threshold, but there are other elements to this that are particularly nefarious. so it does increase the voting threshold for constitutional amendments, also makes new requirements for ballot initiatives to qualify, it would require signatures from each of the states 88 counties up from 44 where it stands now. so it is doubling that. i guess it all sounds tedious, if it all sounds bureaucratic, if were trying our best to ex...

Allowed to do that. that is why there is this big, important vote tomorrow that is worth watching. tomorrow, we are today for an election, right? august 8th? that is on purpose. ohio republicans put forward a single issued a ballot measure that will raise the threshold for amending the state constitution for what it has been for over a century, 50%. instead, it now has tb 60%. it is the only thing on the ballot tomorrow, the first time in nearly 100 years that a single issued ballot measure has ...

Amendment to the constitution, basically looking at trying to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution. at the same time republican lawmakers which make up the state legislature in ohio, they introduced a ballot measure which is taking place today. it basically says to voters, i dont want to get too much into the weeds but it says you voters, asked them if the threshold of vote required to amend the constitution should be raised to 60% at the moment if you want to amend this constitution is ...

>> give us your reaction to what is happening today in ohio, how republicans are resorting to changing the legislative rules because they know how much support this proposed amendment already had heading into november. >> theyre trying to change the rules and theyre still going to lose. thats whats remarkable about what were seeing in ohio. the early vote that were seeing is historic. record early vote numbers for an august election, much like we saw in kansas last year. so it just seems extremi...

Votes to do that as opposed to a simple majority. and this fall is when voters will be casting their ballots on an amendment that guarantees womens access to abortion. so obviously this is a crucial vote tonight. 3% of the vote in, thats all we have right now. but it is, obviously, 3%. let me emphasize. but 85 -- or 86% of people right now are voting against raising that threshold to 60%. 14% have voted in favor for it, so obviously dramatically against the republican proposal right now with 3% ...

>> reporter: its a great question. i think the timing is the thing thats the most important in the conversations ive been having with people on both sides of issue one. it seems to be a clear and direct reminder that there is going to be come november an attempt to enshrine abortion protections into the ohio constitution. now republicans are coming back around after having gotten rid of august special elections, putting this one on the ballot to try and raise the threshold of what it takes to ra...

Force for a rare august special election. the reason, it could have huge implications on abortion rights in the state. ali vitali is there for us. >> reporter: tonight in ohio, high turnout for a highly charged special election that could determine the fate of abortion rights here. voters weighing whether to require a 60% threshold to amend the states constitution, rather than just a majority. top republicans backing the change, known as issue 1 on the ballot. >> if you want to change the law, c...

The big issue is abortion. its a proxy war over abortion according to politico. more than 500,000 voters are already voted on issue 1. an amendment that would make it significantly more difficult to alter the states constitution, bring citizen initiated ballot measure to voters. campaigns are working to remind the public that issue one could have dramatic implication for a number of issues that come before voters in the state. talking abortion, every single one of those referendums, even in cons...

Traction that would enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution, republicans in the state reversed course and scheduled the special election that is taking place as we speak. so now this august election republicans were trying to doom the reproductive rights bill on the ballot by enacting issue 1 which would raise the threshold for support raised to pass state constitutional amendments to 60% instead of a simple majority. its a measure republicans have openly admitted is about stopping ...

Six weeks of pregnancy before most women know that they are pregnant. currently it remains temporarily blocked by a state judge. ohio republicans are scared for november, the direct ballot initiatives in six states including conservative ones like kentucky, like kansas, voters chose every time to protect womens reproductive rights. nbc news reports, quote, raising the threshold for passage of any future constitutional amendments would mark a major shift in ohio. where only a simple majority has ...