BREAKING: With more than 700,000 signatures submitted, the #Ohio Secretary of State announced that a constitutional amendment to protect reproductive freedom has enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot this fall.
We have a right to #abortion care and we will vote for it.
This is what the GOP Fascist Party does. Nothing matters but what they want, and the only laws, regulations, or votes that apply are those that benefit them. Trump 101.
Via Rachel Coyle:
This is an actual press release from the #Ohio House Republican Caucus.
They're claiming Ohio's new constitutional right to abortion access doesn't repeal the #abortion bans passed by the legislature
Extremist Republicans tried to threaten democracy and the voters of Ohio said no. The American people are tired of the attacks against our democracy and people’s rights to their own bodies.
I sense a strong pushback happening. People are waking up to the seriousness of the Republican march to an authoritarian government. And they are not having it. #Ohio#WinForDemocracy
“I've seen enough: in a major victory for the pro-choice side, Ohio Issue 1 (a measure to raise the threshold to pass a state constitutional amendment to 60%) fails.”
The Ohio GOP has gerrymandered themselves into a supermajority – and that supermajority is very unhappy that a petition from Ohio citizens allowing a vote protecting reproductive choice will be on the ballot in November. So they rushed through a constitutional amendment to try and raise the threshold for passage from a simple majority to 60%.
Yeah, Ohio Democrats are mobilized and fighting hard on this one – and need your help and support to get the word out to every voter in #Ohio.
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#Ohio’s governor vetoed a bill Friday that would have restricted both transition-related care for minors and #transgender girls’ participation on school sports teams.
The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday granted the dismissal of two legal challenges to the map the court previously deemed to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered in favor of Republicans....
Ohio voters: Republicans in your state are trying to sneak a ballot measure by you during a special election coming up on August 8th. Special elections typically don’t see much turnout as it is and certainly Ohio Republicans are hoping voters don’t even show up at all. 1/2
Five days before a special election that should be illegal, voting locations for tens of thousands of Ohioans have been temporarily changed (presumably to make it harder for us to defeat this awful ballot issue). If you’re in Ohio, make sure you know where to vote! #Ohio#Issue1
Shout out to every MAGA Republican fascist sack of shit in #Ohio tonight with the reminder that, whenever YOU personally are sad about a democratic outcome, it is genuinely good for the world.
👏🏻👏🏻Politico: #Ohio Sen. #SherrodBrown raised $6.6 million in the last three months — a huge sum which will be critical in his challenging reelection campaign.
Bigoted #Ohio Senate “voted 23-9 Wednesday to override Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of legislation banning gender-affirming health care for minors and preventing #transgender women and girls from competing on female school sports teams. Ohio now joins nearly two dozen other GOP-led states that have adopted similar laws after the state House also voted earlier this month to overturn the veto” #LGBTQ
Since 1912, the requirement has been a simple majority to get a voter issue on the ballot and pass it. Now Republicans want to increase that standard to require a 60% vote because they’re afraid of voters passing something that will protect women’s bodily autonomy.
I've seen enough: in a victory for the pro-choice side, #Ohio Issue 1, a measure to establish a right to an #abortion in the state constitution, passes.
“A 13-year-old in #Ohio is facing criminal charges after allegedly crafting “a detailed plan” for a mass #shooting at a synagogue in September, according to court documents obtained by CNN” #GunViolence
Yesterday's election brought progressives to the Boston City Council, a pro-housing mayor to #Revere, and in Central Mass., one State Senate seat held for decades by Dems flipped Republican. (See replies for stories on these).
#Ohio voters enshrined reproductive rights in the state's constitution via ballot question.
G7 nations are urging action' to help civilians trapped in Gaza, including pauses in the fighting.
I really need to think about firing up my own #mastodon instance. I keep thinking about having it #ohio#music centric, but i don't know if there would be any interest in that community.
But running an instance in my basement on a #raspberrypi sounds like so much fun.
Keep it up, we cannot afford to lose the Senate (and yes, I donated).
Via Kyle Griffin:
Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown hauled in more than $12 million in the first quarter of 2024 for his re-election bid — breaking an #Ohio record, according to his campaign.
Ohio will use congressional map previously ruled unconstitutional again in 2024, as court dismisses legal challenges (www.cleveland.com)
The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday granted the dismissal of two legal challenges to the map the court previously deemed to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered in favor of Republicans....