Win for reproductive rights as Ohio voters reject effort to make it harder to amend state constitution

Proposal would have made it considerably harder to amend state constitution as voters give verdict on Issue 1

Ohio voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal that would have made it considerably harder to amend the state constitution in a major win for reproductive rights and democracy advocates in the state.

The result means that Ohio will keep its current process for amending the state constitution in place. The procedure first requires voters to collect a certain number of signatures from at least 44 of the state's 88 counties to send an amendment proposal to the ballot and then a simple majority to pass it.