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Ohio Groups Overcome Another Hurdle In Push To Enshrine Abortion Protections In State Constitution
They can now start collecting signatures to get the issue on the November ballot.
DeSantis Led A Crackdown On Dems’ Last Lever Of Power In Florida
As President Obama once said, elections have consequences.
Florida brought the latest reminder of that on Friday, when Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill that makes it much harder to change the state constitution via citizen-led ballot measures.
As Matt Shuham reports, this move puts a major dent in what is essentially the last lever of power Democrats have in the Sunshine State, which is currently overseen by a Republican governor, legislature, secretary of state and attorney general. Every member of the state Supreme Court has also been appointed by Republicans. Read More
