For those of us not in Ohio, did some right wing bullshit get shot down?
Abortion and weed are legal in Ohio
Nice! Score one for the good guys.
Abortion rights were enshrined in the Ohio constitution (specifically early in the pregnancy, cases of rape/incest, and to preserve the life and health of the pregnant person)
Weed was also made legal for adult, recreational use. You can even grow a few plants yourself.
This is a great day. Let's turn this shit heap around!
Right on! This gave me an unreasonable chuckle.
Congratulations from Wisconsin! Progressive Midwesterners are standing up for their rights. Hell yes - keep fighting in 2024.
Wooo!
"I'm doing my part!"
A good day indeed, very welcome news in a state usually dominated by conservative bullshit.
The weed thing will only make rich people richer and they'll remove the part about how you're allowed to grow your own because its not actually a constitutional amendment
Ohio voters actually shot down a previous ballot measure because it would have given a small group an oligopoly over marijuana in the state. This new measure that passed is much better and doesn't grant all the growing and selling rights to one small group. To my knowledge it should end up very similar to states like Colorado and Michigan.
Who's going to remove that part? Through what process?
Issue 2 wasn't a change to the state constitution, like issue 1, it was just a change to the Ohio revised code so the state assembly and pass new bills in the chamber to change or modify the new code. There's no real reason other than optics that the state assembly could just repeal the law tomorrow if they wanted to. It's going to be interesting seeing what happens with that law going forward.
Any lawmaker who gets lobbied enough
That's not how it worked elsewhere.
