The Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a controversial August election at the center of a potential abortion battle in the state could proceed as scheduled. © Provided by The Hill The Buckeye State’s top court ruled in a 4-3 decision on Friday that an election scheduled for Aug. 8 over a proposed constitutional amendment could take place as planned even as Gov. Mike DeWine (R) had signed a law last year earlier this year banning nearly all August elections. The Ohio state constitution’s language “authorizes the General Assembly to impose or direct a special election in furtherance of a proposed constitutional amendment. It leaves to the General Assembly the details—like the date of the special election—to be established in pursuance of its authority to call for a vote of citizens on the amendment,” the high court wrote. It “imposes no limitation on the General Assembly’s ability to call…
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