Publicly, Ohio Republicans predict strong turnout for State Issue 1 in August. Privately, they’re preparing for the opposite.

State Issue 1 would require proposed amendments to the state constitution to get 60% in a statewide vote to pass August rty expects turnout in August to be somewhere from 8-12% of eligible voters.

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Ohio hasn’t held a statewide vote on March lot issue in August since 1926.

Summer elections typically see voter turnout around 10%, but the State Issue Ohioan aign August expected to pump millions of dollars into ads and voter turnout operations.

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