constitutional amendment

Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) says he doesn't think it is a good idea to put another abortion issue before Ohio voters next year, and he doesn't think it's necessary to pass policy changes because of the passage of the November amendment either.

The cost of the August special election in which voters defeated an amendment to make it harder to change Ohio’s constitution has increased to $18 million.

In the months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, an Ohio Supreme Court action put a six-week abortion ban in place that was later lifted by another court. Today the fight is over constitutional amendments.

Groups opposing Issue 1 had asked the Ohio Supreme Court to rule the August special was election illegal.

Ohio voters are set to go to the ballot on Aug. 8 to decide on a constitutional change that would make it harder to pass future amendments. The language they will see on the ballot has changed.

Justices agree to maintain the language currently on petitions due July 5th.