Ohio voters just took firm positions on abortion and reproductive rights and adult-use recreational marijuana Tuesday, but gerrymandered Ohio lawmakers are already planning to flout, ignore, challenge, and abuse the voters’ wishes. This is what gerrymandering brings. This is why it’s a fundamental poison in the lifeblood of our republic.

Mere hours after Ohio voters passed the Issue 1 reproductive rights amendment with 56.62%, according to unofficial results, and the Issue 2 recreational marijuana law with 57% (both getting nearly 2.2 million votes), Ohio Republican legislative leaders signaled they would not respect the will of the people.

  • Salamendacious@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    People vote once and a while. In the 2020 presidential election voter turn out spiked. The 2022 midterm though? 46%

    You want to protest? Go for it.

    You want to scream in all caps? Go for it

    You want to say “fuck the fascists” or talk about what you’ll do to them? Go for it

    Do whatever you want. As long as one of the things you do is vote.