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Ohio’s 2023 abortion fight cost campaigns $70 million
By: Julie Carr Smyth | Samantha Hendrickson | AP/Report for America
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — This fall’s fight over abortion rights in Ohio cost a combined $70 million, campaign finance reports filed Friday show. Voters overwhelming passed November’s Issue 1, which… Read More
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Ohio House Speaker says he wants to look into eliminating term limits for state lawmakers
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Members of the Ohio House and Senate have been limited to eight years in each chamber because of an amendment passed by voters in… Read More
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Issue 1 is drawing an unusually large turnout, straining some election offices
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A hastily called summer special election over a Republican-pushed measure that would make it harder for Ohio voters to pass future constitutional amendments, including one on… Read More
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Athens Board of Elections alerts voters to the new voter ID law as August’s special election nears
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — The Aug. 8 special election will be the first time voters in Athens will have to comply with Ohio’s new voter ID law. Tony… Read More
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Ohio Republicans OK 60% amendment approval ballot text. Democrats say it’s ‘sneaky’
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Ballot Board has approved the ballot text voters could see when they vote on a Republican-backed proposal to make it harder to… Read More
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Former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft opposes making constitutional changes harder
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Republican Ohio Gov. Bob Taft urged state lawmakers on Monday against advancing a measure that would make it harder to amend the state constitution or… Read More
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Drama plagues the bid to restrict changes to the Ohio Constitution
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio constitution is caught in a high-stakes tug-of-war. With an effort to enshrine abortion rights looming this fall, an influential mix of Republican politicians, lobbying organizations and… Read More