Ohio constitutional amendments

The group Citizens Not Politicians is resubmitting the summary language for the proposed redistricting amendment Tuesday after Attorney General Dave Yost rejected the group's first try.

Republicans in the Ohio House and Senate move measures to make it harder to amend the constitution and a plan to put a vote on that onto the August ballot, before a reproductive rights amendment comes to the ballot as expected in November.

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.

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

Organizations that oppose abortion are spending $5 million on ads in the coming weeks.

Now that it's been certified as a single issue, supporters of reproductive rights will need nearly 414,000 valid signatures to put it before Ohio voters in the fall.

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

But Senate President Matt Huffman said he's open to the idea of requiring a 60% supermajority of voters to pass citizen-initiated constitutional amendments in Ohio.

Republicans in the House Government Oversight Committee passed the resolution which could set it up for a full House vote this week.

Lawmakers made a change to the resolution that raises the bar for constitutional amendments to include legislative initiatives.