This is how hard Republicans in the Ohio state House and Senate are working to make sure a November ballot measure to institute a constitutional amendment establishing a right to abortion doesn’t happen, according to the New York Times: They want to raise the threshold for a ballot measure to pass from 50 to 60 percent and also make it much harder to collect signatures in a petition drive, but in order to do that, they have to hold their own ballot measure to pass that amendment first and are setting it for a special election in August.
The best part is that Ohio eliminated August elections a few years ago citing the cost and low turnout. They’re making an exception this year so they don’t have to worry about ending up like Michigan or Kansas, where pro-choice ballot measures passed by 57 and 59 percent last year.