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Voters in Ohio went to the polls to decide whether to approve a measure known as Issue 1​ that would raise the bar for constitutional amendments on the ballot. In the ultimate irony, the vote against changing the amendment process exceeded the 60% supermajority that the special election was seeking to require in the first place.

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent 99 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't normally say this, but good job Ohio.

[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Always remember that Ohio has been gerrymandered to shit. Republicans got so mad that the big-C cities voted Obama in twice that they decided to do everything they could to erode the rights and power of those city voters.

But you can't dilute the cities in a statewide vote. Look at the voting map on this issue: all major cities and college towns voted against

[–] rustyj 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

District 1 is a fucking joke, I hate living in it. How is downtown Cincinnati connected to Warren county in any way? The seat used to be competitive, but It hasn't swung democrat since the change in 2011.

[–] MethodicalSpark 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As a fellow OH-1 resident, you are aware we voted in Greg Landsman (D) as our representative this past election cycle, right? It was good to see Chabot go.

Prior to this, I was equally annoyed about our lack of representation and am still peeved about the state of Ohio districts in general.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Iirc, in the last (illegal) redistricting, the Rs kinda gave Cincinnati our representative back, but created at least one other district that would go hard R.

It is really nice to have Landsman in there, though. He actually fights to get us funding for things, as opposed to Chabot's preferred stance of steering funding literally anywhere else.

[–] rustyj 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good point, I overlooked that. Guess I'm still salty from the previous decade lol. Was extremely happy to see Chabot go, and have been happy with Landsman in general so far. We have a ways to go but I'm trying to be optimistic!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You have to remember that Trump easily won Ohio in 2020. This issue pulled in people from across party lines.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It got more people to vote BECAUSE trump won. If everyone votes, the right has no chance. Even jim jordan with his bs gerrymandered to hell district would lose.