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Both Republican and Democratic attorneys general say requiring 60% approval for constitutional amendments would make it difficult to pass important issues.
A bipartisan group is echoing concerns over the proposed resolution to make it harder to pass future constitutional amendments.
Wisdom on political and policy matters doesn't necessarily come from bipartisan consensus. But Ohio's current political leaders would do well to heed the voices of prominent Republicans and Democratic governors from the past to avoid blundering their way into a plan to make it harder to amend the state constitution at the ballot box.
Some Republicans in Ohio's legislature want to make it harder to amend Ohio's Constitution, ahead of a potential drive for an abortion rights amendment.
Ohio lawmakers should not place a proposal for a 60% constitutional amendment threshold on the August ballot. If they do, voters should reject it.