Following major victories for reproductive rights activists, Republican lawmakers have introduced a flurry of legislation intended to blunt the ballot initiative process.
also passed 60% threshold proposals, though voters in both states rejected the measures at the ballot box.to pass a bill that would require ballot initiatives to garner 57% support to pass—as opposed to a simple majority—through the state Senate. But the episode laid bare a growing tactic among conservative lawmakers in pursuit of an antiabortion agenda: subvert the democratic process.
Notably, Ohio Republicans scheduled a special election on August 8 to hold a vote on the measure to increase the ballot initiative threshold—late-summer elections as too expensive. The August special election will cost the state $20 million. “What I think we’re seeing across the country is that this is a 365-day a year long-term struggle that we’re not just going to win on August 8 and then be done, pack our bags, and get back to the status quo,” Shack added.
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