Current Events > I've never said this, but I'm proud of Ohio for voting No (56-43)

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https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1191679261/ohio-election-results-issue1-abortion-state-constitution-amendment-ballot-voters

Ohio voters have defeatedIssue 1, according to a race called by the Associated Press on Tuesday night. The no vote rejects a proposed constitutional change that would have made it harder to pass future amendments to the Ohio Constitution.
This means an amendment that could enshrine abortion rights into the state's constitution will need to pass by a 50% plus onemargin when it comes up for a vote this November.

A higher than expected number of Ohio's registered voters cast ballots in this special August election that was set by supermajority Republican state lawmakers who oppose abortion.
Some of those lawmakers just months ago approved a law eliminating most August special elections because of low turnout and high costs.
But when lawmakers couldn't pass a resolution in time to put the constitutional change on the May primary ballot, they turned their eyes to August anyway.
Following a lawsuit by opponents, the Republican-dominated Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday's special election could proceed because the new law against August special elections doesn't apply to lawmakers putting a constitutional amendment before voters.
Tuesday morning, there were problems at some polling places.
Nazek Hatasha, Policy Affairs Manager for the Ohio League of Women Voters, said some poll workers had turned away voters over confusion about a photo I.D. requirement. That was also part of the law that banned most August special elections.
"They had the proper I.D. but are being turned away with a driver's license that has not expired but doesn't have a current address," Hatasha said.
Hatasha said there was a problem with signage for curbside voting at many polling places, so voters who needed assistance were confused about where to park or how to get that service. And she said there were issues with lines at some polling places in some urban areas, especially where precincts had been moved or consolidated.
It was known going into this election that some areas would be short on poll workers, since the state had said it hadn't reached its poll worker goal. Hatasha said throwing in the new voter I.D. law made it especially difficult.
"Anyone who has ever been a poll worker, whether you are experienced or you are new, you really need a greater degree of training," Hatasha said.
Mike West, manager of the outreach department for the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, said there were challenges in getting enough poll workers for this election. New voter laws and new voting machines also made things tough.
"At a couple of locations, it took them a few minutes to get the scanners up and running because these are brand new scanners so all of the procedures are new for our poll workers," West said.
West said the scanner problems didn't cause any delays and all of the scanners were working properly. Summit County had similar scanner problems, but those were handled early in the day.
The turnout for this election was higher than anticipated. Some Republicans officeholders had said they expected the attention on Issue 1 would drive up turnout.
Even so, the weekend before early voting began, Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a primary backer of Issue 1, said he "wouldn't be surprised" if turnout was similar to last year's legislative primary. The turnout in that August 2022 vote was 7.9% statewide.
Early voting on Issue 1 boosted turnout numbers this time around. Nearly 700,000 Ohioans cast early ballots; a number five times higher than the total turnout last August.

"Proud of Ohio"

I think saying that burned my mouth a little

Glad to hear!

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Because it was simultaneously a reduction of those other peoples rights. Thats how these fascists think.

"Proud of Ohio"

I think saying that burned my mouth a little

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Let's see in 2024

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Those 43% people need to be dipped in acid. Just....why would they want to get rid of their rights?

Frosted_Midna posted...

Those 43% people need to be dipped in acid. Just....why would they want to get rid of their rights?

Republicans are a cult, pretty literally

Frosted_Midna posted...

Those 43% people need to be dipped in acid. Just....why would they want to get rid of their rights?

1. No to the acid. Just no. I dont want Republicans killed. I want them to have job protection and unionization and affordable Healthcare and schooling and livable wages, the same as I want for everyone else.

2. Right wing propaganda is a horrible thing that has been allowed to fester for decades.

blue wave inc

BunkerBoy posted...

Republicans are a cult, pretty literally

No arguments here.

mybbqrules posted...

No to the acid. Just no. I dont want Republicans killed. I want them to have job protection and unionization and affordable Healthcare and schooling and livable wages, the same as I want for everyone else.

You don't want to dip them in acid, you just want to dip them in socialism.

That's even more evil.

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The public is stupid. Direct voting on issues by the public is generally a bad idea, which is why most places don't do it. If you're going to do it at all, it probably should be some form of super majority.

See: Brexit

Frosted_Midna posted...

Those 43% people need to be dipped in acid. Just....why would they want to get rid of their rights?

For some reason they dont think itll be their rights getting trampled, just the Other Peoples rights. Which will probably be true at first but it never stops there.

theAteam posted...

For some reason they dont think itll be their rights getting trampled, just the Other Peoples rights. Which will probably be true at first but it never stops there.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/7/9/AAe283AAEnmb.jpg

mybbqrules posted...

1. No to the acid. Just no. I dont want Republicans killed. I want them to have job protection and unionization and affordable Healthcare and schooling and livable wages, the same as I want for everyone else.

2. Right wing propaganda is a horrible thing that has been allowed to fester for decades.

It's nice to have some humanity...

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ellis123 posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/4/1/AAEv3mAAEvLx.jpg

She needs new material worse than the broken records of CE.

Dark_Arbron posted...

Because it was simultaneously a reduction of those other peoples rights. Thats how these fascists think.

You're being generous claiming that they think

"Wake up America"

I thought being woke was bad?

Impossibly rare Ohio W

HylianFox posted...

"Wake up America"

I thought being woke was bad?

no see not like that

Also this situation reminds me of when I got to thank the people of Australia for voting the non-shitty way on same sex marriage.

And just like here, an uncomfortable number of people voted against it, despite most of them probably being the patriotic hypocrite type who claim Australia is such a wonderful free country.

Ohio.

Hey, we aint Florida

Dark_Arbron posted...

Also this situation reminds me of when I got to thank the people of Australia for voting the non-shitty way on same sex marriage.

And just like here, an uncomfortable number of people voted against it, despite most of them probably being the patriotic hypocrite type who claim Australia is such a wonderful free country.

And yet it was still the last continent to legalize it other than Antarctica.

Frostshock posted...

The public is stupid. Direct voting on issues by the public is generally a bad idea, which is why most places don't do it. If you're going to do it at all, it probably should be some form of super majority.

See: Brexit

Fuck no. The solution is not to let the minority hold the majority hostage, forever. That's asinine.

Yes, people sometimes vote for stupid things and vote against their interests; the solution is not to make it nearly impossible for them to vote for anything at all.

ellis123 posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/4/1/AAEv3mAAEvLx.jpg

Holy shit, I really hope that she's not paying someone to post on twitter for her. That is one of the most unwieldy and awkwardly written things I've ever seen in my life.

ForsakenHermit posted...

And yet it was still the last continent to legalize it other than Antarctica.

Yup. The fucking United States did it before Australia. That will forever be a badge of shame.

For the country I mean. Not me personally. Im not a nationalist. I dont project my identity into the local geography.

43% of the state voting to have their rights taken away is....not good. I wouldn't be proud of that.

The sad thing, I can easily see Texas, my state getting this passed, we love giving away our rights to the state government here while toting independence then getting mad at our state government for sucking while doing little to change it because something something guns, god, BBQ and football

How would this bill do in Texas?

Well our governor is currently as murderous psychopath who made it illegal for people working outside to have water breaks despite record heat that's already killed a few people and he put effectively razor blade balls into the rivers along the border designed to not only kill someone but make their death as gory and painful as possible all on tax payer dime

DarkBuster22904 posted...

Yes, people sometimes vote for stupid things and vote against their interests; the solution is not to make it nearly impossible for them to vote for anything at all.

Heck, 43% voted in support of making it practically impossible to have any citizen iniative ever again. But I guess letting them be able to hold back progress is better because reasons?

I guess one really can't get away from homeslices who pine for the ability to hold others to minority rule. Makes me wonder what yes voting country they crawled out of.

tremain07 posted...

Well our governor is currently as murderous psychopath who made it illegal for people working outside to have water breaks despite record heat that's already killed a few people and he put effectively razor blade balls into the rivers along the border designed to not only kill someone but make their death as gory and painful as possible all on tax payer dime

No idea why the DOJ isn't investigating Abbott for his antics at the Rio Grande.

BunkerBoy posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/7/9/AAe283AAEnmb.jpg

Disregarding the fact that it totally looks like they're saying what the captions have them saying, what is the actual context for this? That leopard seems chill.

I've seen a video where a leopard hunts a baby duck seemingly for sport before allowing it to escape. Is that what's going on here?

I like the idea of trans folk existing being the wedge issue that kills the GOP

FortuneCookie posted...

Disregarding the fact that it totally looks like they're saying what the captions have them saying, what is the actual context for this? That leopard seems chill.

I've seen a video where a leopard hunts a baby duck seemingly for sport before allowing it to escape. Is that what's going on here?

The leopard represents fascism and the deer represents people who support it believing they themselves will not be persecuted by the regime.

What they fail to understand is that in order for fascism to exist, it needs something to hate at all times. So once fascism destroys the thing it hated at the time, it will seek out another thing to hate, and another and another.

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No, 43% of voters. Only 9% of the population voted Yes

Block_that_Kick posted...

The leopard represents fascism and the deer represents people who support it believing they themselves will not be persecuted by the regime.

What they fail to understand is that in order for fascism to exist, it needs something to hate at all times. So once fascism destroys the thing it hated at the time, it will seek out another thing to hate, and another and another.

DarkRoast posted...

I like the idea of trans folk existing being the wedge issue that kills the GOP

https://www.ettingermentum.news/p/ the-modern-electoral-history-of-transphobia?utm_campaign=auto_share

Heres a great read on exactly this showing how going in on trans issues has been extremely bad for the GOP in terms of losing elections because of it

Edit: I put a space between the /p/ and the word the in the link

ellis123 posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/4/1/AAEv3mAAEvLx.jpg

I support this woman's neverending desire to not only help torpedo any Republican campaign she touches, but severely dilute the potency of election fraud claims.

SimulationSwarm posted...

https://www.ettingermentum.news/p/ the-modern-electoral-history-of-transphobia?utm_campaign=auto_share

Heres a great read on exactly this showing how going in on trans issues has been extremely bad for the GOP in terms of losing elections because of it

That just made my day

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/7/8/AAeEwGAAEvPe.jpg

SimulationSwarm posted...

Edit: I put a space between the /p/ and the word the in the link

https://www.ettingermentum.news/p/the-modern-electoral-history-of-transphobia?utm_campaign=auto_share

I removed the space.

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gotta own da libs

I have relatives there and hope they get things sorted out. Ohio too.

ellis123 posted...

https://www.ettingermentum.news/p/the-modern-electoral-history-of-transphobia?utm_campaign=auto_share

I removed the space.

Thank you friend. Gamefaqs formatting is dumb

FortuneCookie posted...

Disregarding the fact that it totally looks like they're saying what the captions have them saying, what is the actual context for this? That leopard seems chill.

I've seen a video where a leopard hunts a baby duck seemingly for sport before allowing it to escape. Is that what's going on here?

I saw a video once where a leopard or lion had lost their cub, and they actually "adopted" an orphaned gazelle foal (calf? What is a baby gazelle called?) and tried to mother it. Standing guard, grooming it, etc. And the baby gazelle follows along because it literally doesn't know any better.

Apparently this has happened on occasion, and it always leads to the death of the gazelle, because the other lions/leopards don't share the motherly instincts of the adopter.

tremain07 posted...

Well our governor is currently as murderous psychopath who made it illegal for people working outside to have water breaks despite record heat that's already killed a few people and he put effectively razor blade balls into the rivers along the border designed to not only kill someone but make their death as gory and painful as possible all on tax payer dime

That's some sickening shit...

ellis123 posted...

https://www.ettingermentum.news/p/the-modern-electoral-history-of-transphobia?utm_campaign=auto_share

Damn. Thanks for the info