The failed Ohio amendment reflects Republican efforts nationally to restrict direct democracy

 The failed Ohio amendment reflects Republican efforts nationally to restrict direct democracy

Despite this past week’s thrashing at the polls, Republican lawmakers in Ohio have vowed to try again to pass a measure making it harder to change the state’s constitution

COLUMBUS, Ohio — After Ohio voters repealed a law pushed by Republicans that would have limited unions’ collective bargaining rights in 2011, then-GOP Gov. John Kasich was contrite.
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