The Unlawful Origin - And Rotten Hypocrisy - Of Ohio Issue 1

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​THE UNLAWFUL ORIGIN - AND ROTTEN HYPOCRISY - OF OHIO ISSUE 1

...Continued from previous post:
       In December of 2022 - just seven months ago - the Republican majority Ohio General Assembly voted to outlaw August special elections. Summer elections, these lawmakers declared, have generally proven to be a large and largely unjustifiable expense to hoist onto tax payers considering the low interest and low turn out these summer elections generate. 
       But several months later, when a citizens' initiative arose to put on the November ballot a vote on a state constitutional amendment to legalize abortion in Ohio, the Republican legislature broke the law that they'd just passed and rushed a resolution to hold an August election on an issue they whipped up and called Issue 1, which, if passed, would make it almost impossible for Ohio citizens to vote in changes to our state constitution (See post from 7/12/2023, https://www.ailantha.com/blog/ohioans-need-to-know-about-issue-1-and-so-does-the-rest-of-the-country)​.
​          Though Ohio Issue 1 is really a Hail Mary effort on the part of the Republican legislature that rules our woefully gerrymandered state to prevent the legalization of abortion in Ohio, the reason the Republicans are giving for Issue 1 is that they claim that raising the threshold far above the level of fairness for citizens to pass constitutional amendments will keep out-of-state money out of Ohio elections. (Much as they preach this meaningless soundbite, they never explain how  making it impossible for Ohioans to pass constitutional amendments would keep outside money out of our elections).
           But who do think is bankrolling the superPAC that is pushing for Ohio Issue 1?
           A billionaire Republican megadonor from Illinois named Richard Uihlein, 

...heir to the Schlitz brewing company.

            What rank and rotten hypocrisy. 
​         But aside from the millions being pumped by an out-of-state party into the pro-Issue Issue 1 campaign, the election is illegal, since August elections are illegal in Ohio. However when a citizens' group called One Person One Vote filed a lawsuit with the Ohio supreme court to stop the election, the Republican majority court shrugged and said, basically, the Ohio legislature can do whatever it wants.
            And so the unlawful Issue 1 election, bad fruit from a corrupt tree, will take place.
        But as it says in the Gospel, every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
​       Let's hope this proves true in Ohio on August 8. ​

References:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/ohio-banned-august-elections-gop-planned-one-help-preserve-abortion-ba-rcna85635

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/politics/ohio-politics/upcoming-august-special-election-is-illegal-law-experts-say

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/16/ohio-august-special-election-ohio-supreme-court-decision/70262119007/

https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2023-04-28/pac-backed-by-illinois-billionaire-pushes-for-vote-on-making-it-harder-to-amend-ohio-constitution

Matthew 7: verses 18 and 19