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Ohio Republicans Refuse To Accept Election Results, Claim Abortion Bans Will Remain (www.meidastouch.com)

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Days after Ohio voters passed Issue 1 and codified abortion rights into Ohio's constitution, Republicans are not accepting the election results.

In a new, unhinged press release issued by the Ohio House Republican Committee, GOP members rant that "foreign billionaires" impacted the election results and call the results tainted by so-called "foreign interference." It is unclear what they are referring to.

Ohio voters overwhelmingly voted 'Yes' on Issue 1 by a margin of 56.6% to 43.4%.

The press release further argues that the results of the election do not invalidate a 6-week abortion ban previously passed by the Ohio Legislature and that "no amendment can overturn the God given rights with which we were born."

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[–] HuddaBudda@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Supreme court here we come..... oh no....

[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Issues of State law go to the State supreme court.

Sometimes the Federal court butts in, but those cases are rare.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

But this is the sort of reason the USSC was stacked the way it was.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As right-wing as they are, they've made a few good calls.

Here go one:

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1200906844/supreme-court-alabama-voting-case

I'm guessing any Ohio Republican that gets this case in front of this court would have his ass handed to him.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

By a 5-4 margin, which is terrifying when you realize 44% of the court is totally cool with racist gerrymandering