Buckeye State bucks ballot initiative

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🗓️ 11 August 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Ohio voters turned out in droves to reject a ballot measure that would change the state’s amendment process. An upcoming vote on abortion rights lingered in the background of the special election. What role could abortion play in national voter turnout next November?

Hunter Biden’s business partner testified before Congress last week. A collapsed plea deal on tax charges means a potential trial for the president’s son could be around the corner. Could further investigation into Hunter’s legal troubles spell disaster for his father’s re-election hopes?

Negative reactions to the U.S. Women’s National Team’s early exit from the World Cup angered supporters. Is it unfair to expect the team to be shielded from critiques over their political activism?

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to left, right, and center. I am David Greene. We have Sarah Isger here. We have Moa Lathe here. We are in August.
0:09.0	I actually can't believe it is back to school time already, although for someone like me, you doesn't have kids.
0:15.0	Not the biggest deal, but I assume, I guess Mo, you're probably gearing up for school time.
0:20.0	Yeah, it's barreling right towards us.
0:22.0	I do a lot of crayons, endless crayons.
0:26.0	I'd love to see your crayon collection sometime.
0:28.0	If I have to defend this house.
0:30.0	Look, if someone attacks my house, I've got, you know, whatever, seven knives, and then it's going to be crayons.
0:38.0	I'm just going to hurl crayons at the person and we won't run out.
0:40.0	How old are your little ones here?
0:42.0	Three.
0:43.0	Okay, it's crayon time.
0:45.0	They had us by eight glue sticks.
0:47.0	I don't even know why kids need it.
0:50.0	Some invariably end up prismac time.
0:53.0	Oh good.
0:56.0	Well, it is summer and a lot of people in Ohio spend a great summer day voting this week.
1:04.0	I got to say just the idea of explaining this special election in Ohio makes me nervous because it's very complicated.
1:10.0	But this was an important victory for people who are fighting to protect abortion rights.
1:15.0	This is the deal.
1:16.0	Ohioans were voting on whether to make it harder to amend their state constitution.
1:23.0	In the future, would have required 60% of voters to approve if this had gone through this week instead of just a majority.
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