What is Issue 1? Issue 1 aims to elevate the requirements for amending the constitution of the state of Ohio. This includes a requirement that petitioners seeking to amend the constitution obtain signatures on their initial petition from all the counties in our state instead of only half the counties as required now. This prevents highly populated counties from controlling the process. Additionally, an amendment will have to obtain a 60% vote or supermajority instead of the current 50% plus one vote.
Ohio is not the only state seeking greater security for changing our founding documents. Four other states — Arizona, California, Louisiana and Nevada — have enacted a 66% vote requirement for amending their respective constitutions. Three additional states — Delaware, Mississippi and Oregon — require 60% to amend their constitutions.
The United States Constitution requires a two-thirds vote (66.66%) to ratify an amendment, and two-thirds of the states must also ratify it. The U.S. Constitution has 25 active amendments. Ohio has 172 amendments.
Issue 1 faces opposition from the Ohio Democrat Party, which is ironic seeing as how the Ohio Democrat Party requires a 60% vote to amend its party constitution.
Issue 1 is so much broader than the issue of abortion and the denial of parental rights. You must vote yes in August to protect the future of the state of Ohio.
Suzanne McGue
Delphos
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