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Demonstrators protest HJR1，May 3，2023

Demonstrators protest Senate Joint Resolution 2 at the Ohio Statehouse on May 3. The measure, which will appear on the Aug. 8 ballot, would require a 60% approval from voters to pass future amendments to the state constitution. (Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com)Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Ohio state lawmakers voted Wednesday to set an Aug. 8 deadline to ask voters whether it should be harder to amend the state constitution.

Senate Joint Resolution 2 requires a 60% supermajority of voters to approve future state constitutional changes, compared to the 50% majority in place for over a century. GOP lawmakers fast-tracked the measure to try to spoil a potential November ballot issue that would enshrine legal protections for abortion in the state constitution, although it would affect other proposed future amendments, too.

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