Ohio Constitution

But organizers say the paid circulators will work alongside volunteers gathering signatures to put the amendment on the November ballot.

The move to try to force a vote on a resolution to ask Ohio voters to make it harder to amend the constitution comes as Speaker Jason Stephens appears to be softening in his opposition to an August statewide vote on that.

Republicans in the Ohio Statehouse and their allies clearly will stop at nothing to prevent Ohioans from voting in November on a constitutional amendment establishing abortion rights.

Ohio lawmakers likely won't be able to do what they did when a marijuana legalization amendment was on the ballot in 2015

The sponsor of the resolution to require 60% voter approval to amend Ohio's constitution was met with dozens of citizens concerned and upset about the proposal and its timing.

A key Republican leader said there's a possibility the 60% voter approval plan could go to a statewide vote in August, three months before an amendment that guarantees reproductive rights could be voted on in November.

The proposal's sponsor, State Rep. Brian Stewart (R-Asheville), defended the proposal Tuesday on WOSU's All Sides with Ann Fisher.

Ohio lawmakers are considering a resolution that would allow Ohio voters to decide whether to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments.

Voting rights groups and community organizations are doubling down on their opposition to a resolution that makes it harder to amend the constitution.

Republicans in the Ohio General Assembly want a constitutional amendment on the May 2023 primary ballot that would require a 60% vote for passage of citizen-initiated constitutional amendments. And Frank LaRose is their mouthpiece.