Why are policymakers spoiling for a change to make the constitution more difficult to amend? Likely because their opinions are out of step with the voters.
Month: August 2023
Issue 1 aims at the heart of Ohioans’ citizen initiative powers. Here’s how we won them
Despite Ohioans’ good judgment, today’s legislative supermajority – already drunk on power – seeks to amass more power by stripping voters of their most potent tool for holding lawmakers accountable.
A Republic, If We Can Keep It
From destroying minor parties’ ballot access to making it harder for poorer Ohioans to vote, Ohio Republicans seem to not understand the basic definition of “republic” at all.
https://columbusfreepress.com/article/republic-if-we-can-keep-it-0
The wild desperation of the lobbyists and politicians attacking voters and the Ohio Constitution
Issue 1 is asking Ohio voters to go to the polls, put our hands around our own necks, and strangle away our own power to hold out-of-control Statehouse lobbyists and lawmakers accountable… Republicans and their lobbyist friends are attempting to execute the largest, most anti-democratic, Big Government power grab in state history.
“An Attempt to Fool Voters”: Ohio GOP Sets Up Vote To Weaken Direct Democracy
Traditional Democratic allies like Planned Parenthood, the Sierra Club, the AFL-CIO and numerous left-leaning labor groups have been joined by the Fraternal Order of Police and the Libertarian Party. The bipartisan Ohio Association of Elections Officials came out in official opposition to it because of the added work and unnecessary cost to taxpayers, which is expected to run as high as $20 million.
Fungi Bombs and Food Markets
As pathogens develop and destroy crops, supply falls and prices rise, all else equal. Such factors, however, are not the only relevant factors, some of which might lower prices.
Ohio Libertarian Party says Frank LaRose violated federal law with Issue 1 campaign
The law prohibits state officials from using their official authority to interfere with elections, and the Libertarian Party says LaRose crossed that line.