Ohio rejects 60% vote proposal, aimed at making it
tougher to protect women’s rights
“The first principal of republicanism is . . . to consider the will of the society
enounced by the majority as sacred is the first of all lessons in importance.”
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- Thomas Jefferson in 1817
The transparent attempt to thwart the will of the
majority of the Republican Party in Ohio by requiring a 60% vote instead of a
simple majority was demolished by, ironically, a 60% NO vote in the August
election.
Republicans and their mega-wealthy donors wanted to
make it far more difficult to pass the November change that will protect women’s
abortion rights.
The 60% agree with Jefferson.
Florida voters approved the 60% barrier in 2006.
Colorado voters raised the barrier to 55% in 2016. Arizona requires a 60% ballot
vote to increase taxes.
House Majority Whip Jim Hoops, a Republican, led the
fight to ram the 60% requirement through.
Spurred by vocal support of women Ohio voted not to
let the tyranny of the minority rule.
Voters in Kansas, Michigan, Kentucky and Montana
voted to protect reproductive rights. Ohio joined that movement.
A CNN survey shows that 64% of adults disapprove of
the Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade, endangering a woman’s right to
decide what to do about her body and her health, and not politicians.
Ohio voted for Trump for President twice but against
restricting women’s rights in the August election.
$64 million was spent on the election with opponents
and supporters each forking up about half that amount.
Anti-abortion forces outside Ohio spent $20 million but
failed to get the Yes vote they wanted. Republican billionaire Dick Uihlien of
Illinois put up a major of the out-of-state funding.
