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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters on Tuesday resoundingly rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to change the state’s constitution,<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/politics/voters-in-ohio-reject-gop-backed-proposal-that-would-have-made-it-tougher-to-protect-abortion-rights/">Read More</a>

The defeat of Issue 1 keeps in place a simple majority threshold for passing future constitutional amendments, rather than the 60% supermajority that was proposed

By a substantial margin, Ohio voters rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have increased the threshold to change the state’s constitution. If the measure had passed, it would be harder to pass abortion-rights protections.

Ohio voters rejected a GOP-backed measure that would have made it harder to change the state’s constitution and protect abortion rights.

Ohio Republicans introduced the measure in hopes of undercutting a citizen initiative voters will decide in November that seeks to elevate abortion rights in the constitution.