Issue 1 fails: Big cities, suburban and many rural counties voted down issue

[brooklynite]

Source: Columbus Dispatch

Issue 1 was projected to fail on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, dealing a blow to Ohio Republicans who wanted to hamstring a November ballot question on abortion rights.

Decision Desk HQ, an election results reporting agency providing results and race calls for the USA TODAY Network Ohio, called the race around 8:09 p.m. With about 28% of the vote counted, no vote was leading 68% to 32%.

Tuesday’s election was the culmination of a months-long fight that began last year, when Secretary of State Frank LaRose and Rep. Brian Stewart, R-Ashville, first introduced a plan to tighten the rules for constitutional amendments. The debate played out in the halls of the Ohio Statehouse, on the campaign trail and even in the court room as opponents tried to stop GOP lawmakers in their tracks.

Read more: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2023/08/08/ohio-issue-1-special-electionresults-voters-decide-tuesday-on-august-8-ballot-issue/70487461007/

[yankee87]

1. Freedom Wins

Even Qpublican, Drumpf loving counties voted against this power grab.
Always VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GP6971]

2. Kicked.

Very good news.

[Evolve Dammit]

3. Thank you Ohio

[Hekate]

4. Great news

[calimary]

5. EXCELLENT!!!

Thank you, Ohio voters!!! It's given me hope reading the reports here and elsewhere that talked about stunning numbers of people turning out to vote. And the vast majority of them are saying NO to "Issue 1."

Whew!!! That's a relief about the SIZE of Ohio!

[PortTack]

6. Yet polls reported were 50/50 just a couple of days ago. Exciting it has been struck down!

Who bothers with these polls anymore?

[brooklynite]

8. As I stated elsewhere, "no" winning doesn't mean a blowout...

The remaining 66% will be primarily same day voting which will skew more Republican.

[speak easy]

20. Well said old sport.

[TomSlick]

7. Now on to the November election vote to put abortion rights in the State Constitution.

At some point, the GOP is going to figure out that abortion is a losing issue for them.

[madinmaryland]

9. Until we get closer, I'm still concerned about Republican whatthefuckery tonight.

My wife and I voted a couple of weeks ago and our daughter voted today. Three no’s.

[Marthe48]

10. The gap is narrowing

I liked it a lot better the early results-87% No. It is still over 2/3 saying no, but I'd like to see a much bigger gap.
Some of the rwnj ads for this power grab was about guns, of course. Gun owners don't get that the (formerly) supreme court will rule for gun ownership even if it was about arming cats. No state is going to be able to amend gun ownership, yet the people voting yes arewillingly giving up the concept of 1 person, 1 vote to head off something that can't happen.

[TeamProg]

11. Excellent! Now vote in abortion rights and VOTE OUT Gym Jordan! nt

[BigmanPigman]

12. And this happened despite all the gerry rigging.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

13. KR NT

[R Merm]

14. Way to go Ohio

[redqueen]

15. Great song but she's singing that sarcastically. Nt

[AllyCat]

16. This is how you do it Ohio!!

Wisconsin’s fighting along with you!

[AZLD4Candidate]

17. I have never been happier to be wrong. Ohio maybe it's a lost cause of MAGAt control.

[NH Ethylene]

18. This is great! And one interesting and encouraging thing is,

The 68% 'no' vote (so far) is well over the 60% needed to change the constitution even with the clause they were trying to push through!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

19. Good

[electric_blue68]

21. Yes! Go, Ohioans!

Real freedom!

[onetexan]

22. Here's a better article from NPR: 57% to 43% with 97% reporting as of 3 hours ago

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1191679261/ohio-election-results-issue1-abortion-state-constitution-amendment-ballot-voters

Ohio voters have defeated Issue 1, according to a race called by the Associated Press on Tuesday night. The no vote rejects a proposed constitutional change that would have made it harder to pass future amendments to the Ohio Constitution.

This means an amendment that could enshrine abortion rights into the state's constitution will need to pass by a 50% plus one margin when it comes up for a vote this November.

See the article for a great graphic on vote breakdown.

[SunSeeker]

24. Excellent! nt

[moniss]

23. The GQP has been

very busy attacking citizen referendum/initiative abilities in the heavily gerrymandered states they control. They have been very successful at chipping away at the ability of citizens to place referendums/initiatives on ballots and for what those can do if passed. As some states have seen their government may simply choose to ignore the result and a few have done so even when bound to the results by law. They simply refuse to schedule enacting legislation and hope to get a pass from friendly courts.

[rpannier]

25. You would have had to be a real moron to vote yes

Even if you are a forced birther
To weaken your ability to change the law is idiotic
Five years from now you could find yourself in the minority, with a popular idea (by popular I mean like 57% support) and you've just cut yourself off at the knees

[riversedge]

26. Hey Jimmy Jordan--suck this up.

[Voltaire2]

27. Has anyone seen a Blue Mirage?

[republianmushroom]

28. I like it

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

29. Tough luck Repukes

[MOMFUDSKI]

30. Rethugs can expect a drubbing

until they fix this Roe thingy. State by State until hell won’t have it.

[maxsolomon]

31. "Many rural counties"?

Athens County is the only rural county I see that voted it down.

Every other county was urban, suburban adjacent to urban, or exurban. All the counties up along Lake Erie aren't exactly rural.

[FakeNoose]

32. The abortion issue doesn't split down party lines

I'm sure there are Repukes who didn't want Roe struck down. I'm sure there are practicing "Christians" and "Catholics" who are also pro-choice. There are American women (and men) who might vote conservatively on other issues, BUT they understand that the question of abortion should only be between a woman and her doctor.

The Supreme Court has already taken it way too far. It's time to reel this back and codify EVERYTHING, including every woman's right to privacy, quality medical care, AND reproductive choice.

[MistakenLamb]

33. Be very afraid GOP

1.7 million Ohioans told you you are losing touch with reality on a Tuesday in August in an off year.