Ohioans will get to decide whether abortion will be legal in the state, but proponents of legal recreational marijuana must gather 679 more valid signatures in the next 10 days for that issue to appear on the ballot in November.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio voters will decide in November if they have a constitutional right to have an abortion.
Abortion rights groups submitted more than 700,000 petition signatures supporting reproductive freedom in the state, which they gathered in all 88 Ohio counties over the course of 12 weeks. This was about 300,000 more than was necessary to be on the ballot.Cuyahoga County had the largest amount of signatures, according to Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Deputy Director Tony Perlatti.
After months of denial, LaRose admitted that the proposal to make the constitution harder to amend is"100%" due to efforts to legalize abortion. After realizing that reproductive rights groups were planning a constitutional amendment on abortion, LaRose and many GOP lawmakers snuck in an August election, despite banning them a few months prior.
Ohio voters will not get to decide in November if marijuana should be legal for recreational use, unless organizers are able to cure their petition and make up the invalid signatures submitted.
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