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Seems pretty crazy to me that so much was bundled into 1 prop? I imagine there's a reason that was the case, but that really makes it easy to fight it on other grounds instead of on each individual issue. They didn't explicitly vote down abortion, they voted down all those things.
Maybe there's still some hope for other states if Ohio's single purpose measure passed?
American politics relies on fat attatched to other legislation. It’s the reason nothing ever gets passed anymore. There’s a million riders and if someone is unhappy with the unrelated, but still on the bill/prop, measure, they’ll still vote no.
This isn't legislation though, it's a proposal from the population.
For whatever reason they grouped things together.
Maybe they didn't think they could get enough signatories to get the crime stuff through and thought abortion and weed would draw enough voters for the other stuff?
Maybe there's some weird law in Texas that made them do that?
Whatever the reason, what Ohio did was right. 2 separate things.
Yeah no, you're right in that a fuckton of stuff was bundled into 1 prop. And it was the crime stuff that got voted down.
I'm just personally hyperfixated on the reproductive rights thing, so I didn't see how police response to property crimes up to a certain dollar amount was more important than ensuring women could get Healthcare without having to travel out of state.
But you're right in that it's two separate circumstances, and I'm super stoked for Ohio. I really do hope this provides momentum for other red states.
Hopefully it shows other states not to group things. It's too important to risk like Texas did.