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Every election season, the top headlines are around candidates. Which party was able to win, which candidates took office at the federal level, the state level, local government, judicial offices: this is what takes the majority of our headspace.

But because of a gift given to the people during the progressive era, election season is also when people make policy through direct democracy: when we vote for laws at the ballot box.

Ohioans passed two laws last week: a law to require public safety to be taken into account in bail sentencing and a law restricting who local governments could allow to vote. They also allowed a number of bonds and levies across the state.

But what else could Ohioans do at the ballot box? Last week’s election saw pretty substantial issues passed across the country that could be ripe for Ohioans to vote on in 2024.

Abortion rights keep winning

Five states put abortion on the ballot last week, and in each of them, abortion rights won. Probably the most high-profile was Michigan, which codified abortion as a right in their state constitution. Ohio, meanwhile, has a current law banning abortion after five or six weeks of pregnancy.

Ohio looks like Michigan in a lot of ways and anti-abortion initiatives have failed in more...

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