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The lone initiative impacting the entire state, Proposition 1, would borrow $6.4 billion to develop 10,000 mental health treatment beds.

HIGHLAND COUNTY, Ohio—Ohioans voted on Aug. 8 to reject stricter requirements for citizen-initiated amendments to the state’s constitution in a move that could bode well for activists’ efforts to codify abortion rights later this year.

Issue 1, if passed on Tuesday, would make it more difficult for voters to amend the Ohio Constitution by raising the threshold to pass an amendment from a simple majority to 60 percent of voters.