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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.
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Groups opposing Issue 1 had asked the Ohio Supreme Court to rule the August special was election illegal.
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Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose, who supported the ban on most August special elections, says in a court filing that law doesn't apply to state legislators in ordering an August special election on an amendment to make it harder to change the constitution.