The Ohio legislature passed a strict ban on abortion, prohibiting abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. That is so early that women don’t know they are pregnant. So the law amounts to a total ban.
Supporters of abortion rights gathered enough signatures to put a referendum on the November ballot that would write protection for abortion rights into the state constitution.
The legislature doesn’t want that referendum to pass, so they called a special election for August 8—TODAY—asking if voters would change the law so that it takes a 60% + 1 majority to pass a change in the state constitution. Currently, a referendum wil pass with 50% plus 1. (Several months ago, the legislature banned special elections in August because of low turnout; but they ignored the law they assed, hoping for low turnout.)
The legislature assumes that the abortion rights supporters cannot teach 60%.
This referendum attacks not just abortion rights; it attacks democracy. Should it pass, any change in the state constitution would be very difficult to achieve.
If you support democracy, if you believe that 50% + 1 should win elections, vote NO today against Issue #1.
No matter how you feel about abortion, defend democracy. Vote NO on Issue #1.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
“it attacks democracy…”
More like “it” attacks the
facade, the premise, the
notion, that the rulers,
live up to the lessons.
When I hear the
“democracy” dog whistle
being used, I think of
McEnroe,
“You cannot be serious”
Barking up the wrong
tree works as good as
imagining political
irrelevance is ended
by repeating the mythology,
that surrounds it.
So when it comes to
repeating the myths
surrounding the
rulers, consider:
Who benefits?
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Shout out to media. They managed to omit the role of politicking (including money spent) by the Catholic Church aimed at getting a “yes” vote on anti-democracy Issue 1. The Archdiocese of Cincinnati and a group founded by Robert P. George were two of the top funders in support of Issue 1 and, the Ohio Catholic Conference worked with the group leading the campaign to get Issue 1 passed, sending out 1,000,000 pamphlets. And, Catholic churches in the state also campaigned.
For the ballot issue about abortion, in November, there will be a redo of selective media coverage protecting the Catholic Church.
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