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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Julie Carr Smyth

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

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After Ohio voters repealed a law pushed by Republicans that would have limited unions' collective bargaining rights in 2011, then-GOP Gov.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.

“I’ve heard their voices, I understand their decision and, frankly, I respect what people have to say in an effort like this,” he told reporters after the defeat.

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