It's Tuesday, November 7, 2003.

I'm Albert Molar, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian

worldview.

Off-year elections don't often get attention in the United States, but they can be very

important this year's off-year election underlines that fact dramatically. Today is election day and in many places in the

United States it really matters. And one of the reasons it matters is because we might be

well looking at the shape of 2024 and next November's elections coming into view.

When you're looking at these off-year elections, you're looking at a few governorships, you are

looking at some citizen initiatives, you're looking at some citizen initiatives you're looking at some election such as for in some

states seats on the Supreme Court you're looking at various things but you're not

looking at Congress the House House of Representatives, two-year terms, even years in the election.

The Senate six-year terms, again, even-year election staggered, so that you have three classes

each serving six years.

The President of the United States elected for a four-year term,

and those elections, of course, taking place in even years every four years.

The off-year elections, as I say, they're often just neglected, but we need

to focus attention on several of them, several the votes taking place today. A few of them are

really huge. We have to start in Ohio. What is known as

Issue 1 in Ohio is a constitutional amendment they're proposed that if the

citizens approve could well open the door for unrestricted abortion in the state of Ohio.

There's a history here. The history has to do with the fact that after the Supreme Court reversed

the Davs decision back in June of

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