David Miller is the Managing Editor of Loveland Magazine

by David Miller

Loveland, Ohio – The City is within three Ohio counties: Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren. Within the corporate limits there are eleven voting precincts. We tallied the “Yes” and “No” votes for the State as a whole, the votes for or against in each county, and each precinct where Loveland residents live and go to the polls.

With 100% of the precincts reporting, here is how voters cast their votes on State Issue 1 in the August 8 special election. The issue to make it more difficult to circulate and pass citizen-led Ohio constitutional amendment was defeated by a 57% to 43% state-wide margin.

The Republican-led effort in the special August election that may have cost Ohio, taxpayers, more than 20 million dollars aimed to make amending Ohio’s constitution more difficult. Issue 1’s chief target was to raise the bar to 60% for passing an abortion rights measure that will be on the Fall ballot.

This outcome means that when Ohio voters go to the polls in November and vote on a constitutional amendment protecting women’s healthcare and reproductive rights, a simple majority of 50% plus one vote will still be the qualifying standard that will be required for passage as it has been for the past 111 years

Read about Ohio Issue 1(Official ballot language, explanation, arguments for/against, and full text)

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Ohio (State-Wide)

YES – 42.99% – 1,315,346

NO – 57.01% – 1,744,094

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Clermont (County-Wide)

YES – 54.32% – 31,108

NO – 45.68% – 26,160

Hamilton (County-Wide)

YES – 33.37% – 77,315

NO – 66.63% – 154,364

Warren (County-Wide)

YES – 52.79% – 37,990

NO – 47.21% – 33,972


Loveland Hamilton County Precincts

Loveland A

    YES 43.78% – 197

    NO 56.22% – 253

Loveland B

    YES 34.47% – 203

    NO 65.53% – 386

Loveland C

    YES 40.00% – 184

    NO 60.00% – 276

Loveland D

    YES 36.49% – 131

    NO 63.51% – 228

Loveland E

    YES 43.83% – 206

    NO 56.17% – 264

Loveland F

    YES 36.32% – 138

    NO 63.68% – 242

Loveland G

    YES 39.23% – 142

    NO 60.77% – 220

Loveland Clermont County Precincts

Loveland A

    YES 46.03% – 116

    NO 53.97% – 136

Loveland B

    YES 32.20% – 95

    NO 67.80%  – 200 

Loveland C

    YES 48.55% – 217

    NO 51.45%  – 230

Loveland Warren County (176) Precinct S

NOTE: This tabulation is for ALL voters in the precinct, but not all are Loveland residents.

    YES 48.26%

    NO 51.74% 


59.17% of Loveland voters rejected Issue 1.

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