Ohio Voters Reject Measure Seen as Threat to Abortion Rights
- Issue would have make it harder to pass constitutional changes
- Vote driven by abortion-rights amendment on November ballot
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Ohio voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a measure that would have made it harder to cement abortion rights in the state, signaling that the issue will keep drawing supporters to polls into the 2024 election cycle.
The question known as Issue 1, the only measure on the statewide special election ballot, was defeated by a margin of 57% to 43% with almost all of the vote counted, according to Ohio’s secretary of state.