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Conservatives don’t support voters having a say on abortion via direct democracy — when Republicans claimed they wanted to send the issue of abortion back to the states, they meant returning power to themselves alone.
While Griffin’s concession is great news for voters — and fair elections — Republicans have other maneuvers up their sleeve to undermine democracy. For nearly a decade, they’ve been plotting to take control of state elections — and they may finally have succeeded.
It sounds like Trump’s idea of protecting women is limiting their rights to preserve his own grip on power.
To say the 2024 election was a mixed bag for abortion rights would be a gigantic understatement.
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Nearly 8 million more American citizens would likely have registered to vote ahead of the 2024 general election.
We made history once already, and we will make history again in November by enshrining a right to abortion in our state’s constitution.
Those who are attacking our freedom to vote, denying election results, harassing election workers and threatening political violence are relentless.
As an Ohio college student deeply invested in democracy, I strongly oppose any attempts to silence young people at the polls.
Just as in 2020, to focus exclusively on federal races, and ignore the very real threats in battleground states legislatures is shortsighted.
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