Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman, a key force in bringing the proposal to the ballot, said several times that Tuesday’s results do not mark the death of the effort to make constitutional amendments harder to pass in Ohio.
, said lawmakers would “probably” bring the question back before the electorate sometime in the future.
Huffman was quick to spread blame around for the failure. He said “vociferous” vocal opposition from ex-GOP Govs. John Kasich and Bob Taft, along with former Republican Attorney General Betty Montgomery proved damaging. He said the campaign didn’t have enough time to put together a sufficient case, even though state lawmakers selected the Aug. 8 election date.
The election was scheduled in August, typically a sleepy time on political calendars, to ensure that its stiffer rules would apply to a scheduled referendum in November that would legalize abortion in Ohio. “You can spend $50- to $75 million and convince anyone that what’s right is left and left is right,” he said. “That’s what they’re doing right now. They’re going to continue to do it in November with weed and abortion. And they’re going to do it next year, [former Ohio Supreme Court GOP Chief Justice] Maureen O’Connor, with redistricting. And then the minimum wage. And then our family farmers.”
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