Ohio Special Election and 2024 Senate Race

[sathari]

Republican lawmakers in the state of Ohio are playing a bit fast and loose with efforts to support redistricting reform and abortion rights: they have passed an amendment to the state's constitution to make it harder for voters to ETA: put reforms/initiatives/measures of any kind pass constitutional amendments (like one that's being considered to make abortion a right in their state constitution) /ETA, and they are hiding it in a special election on August 8th, where they hope voter turnout will be low to begin with. Here's a nice explanation from dailykos. And you may remember the Hope Springs from Fields folks from a previous post of mine, but they're kicking off canvassing for the 2024 election cycle in Ohio, which may also be relevant to the August election.

(FYI, there's currently no state tag for Ohio, or I would have used it here.)

Comments

[tanaqui]

Thanks for posting this and for letting us know you needed a tag for Ohio. I've created the tag and added it to the post. I'm sorry it looks like you might be needing to use it a lot given the current state of Ohio politics, but really appreciate you bringing the news to the comm.

[sathari]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it, and I'm glad the post was helpful! *blushes*

[beatrice_otter]

Can I post this on my DW and tumblr, with credit?

[sathari]

Yes, by all means! I'm so glad you found it useful enough to share! I actually came back here to update the entry to be more clear about what the August 8th amendment does, and am glad I did if you or anyone else finds this useful enough to signal-boost.

[beatrice_otter]

Thank you!