Voters in Ohio went to the polls to decide whether to approve a measure known as Issue 1 that would raise the bar for constitutional amendments on the ballot. In the ultimate irony, the vote against changing the amendment process exceeded the 60% supermajority that the special election was seeking to require in the first place.
The article says 57% voted no, not 60%.
And…?
That is less than the proposed change which invalidates the “irony” angle. Pretty significant detail in context.