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Republicans in Ohio are about to vote … to curtail the power of voting

Moira Donegan
The sole question posed to voters in the special election is a direct attempt to stop the legalization of abortion through democratic means

Tue 8 Aug 2023 09.54 EDT

Technically, August special elections are supposed to be illegal in Ohio. Late last year, a Republican-backed bill passed the state house prohibiting most special elections in August, reasoning that timing an election in the dog days of late summer depressed turnout, and cost too much money. But those same Republicans changed their tune in May, when it became clear that abortion rights supporters in Ohio would be able to put a ballot measure to voters securing abortion rights in the state in the November 2023 election. Ohio has a six-week ban on the books, but it is currently blocked by a court, and abortion remains legal up to 22 weeks of pregnancy. The measure, if passed, would help keep it...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/08/republicans-ohio-vote-abortion-constitution