Republican party head urges Ohioans to vote on constitution issue

[RandySF]

Voting in the Ohio's special election on Aug. 8 is "a golden opportunity," Alex Triantafilou, chair of the Ohio Republican Party, said in Mansfield on Monday during a luncheon hosted by the Richland County Republican Party.

"That's 63 days from today," Triantafilou said. "Issue One is a measure that will appear on every ballot in Ohio that will say we are changing the threshold to amend the state constitution."

The resolution, a proposed amendment, would increase the voter threshold to 60% for amendments put forward by citizens and the Legislature, the Columbus Dispatch has reported. It requires citizen groups to get voter signatures from all 88 counties, instead of 44, to place something on the ballot. And it would eliminate a 10-day period that petitioners are granted to replace any invalid signatures.

Changing the state's constitution is far too easy, Triantafilou, a lawyer by trade, told the room of Republicans in Mansfield.

"The federal constitution has been amended exactly 27 times," Triantafilou said. "The first 10 were the Bill of Rights."




https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/07/republican-party-head-urges-ohioans-to-vote-early-in-special-election/70293257007/

[Maeve]

1. Oh, I'm voting alright! Just not your way, you worthless....

[RandySF]

3. Is there an organized opposition?

I cannot find anything online.

[Maeve]

4. It has been slow to organize, but yes

https://votenoinaugust.org/

[EYESORE 9001]

2. I too urge Ohioans to vote on this issue

but the other way. This is a frontal assault on democracy itself. They’re trying to change laws and then pull up the ladder behind them to ensure that horrific laws can’t be overturned without a 60% supermajority. If it passes in Ohio, it’ll be tried elsewhere.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

5. This Is In Direct Response To The Effort To Legalize Abortion Rights In Ohio

Since the response to the petition drive to put abortion rights on the ballot here in Ohio has been overwhelming (I quite literally see people out collecting signatures in every public place), Republicans are now trying to move the goalposts, because they know it will pass. The problem is, polls are indicating that the measure would pass with about 55% support, so they're going to try to make the threshold 60%. It's what Republicans do, and they do it with frightening regularity here in Ohio. When they know they're going to lose, they change the rules.