E-mail from Ohio blogger Kevin Holtsberry:

If I am reading the returns right all of the “Reform Ohio” issues are going down in flames (65-70% No). So much for the citizen backlash against Republican “corruption and pay-to-play.” Of course it didn’t help that these were poorly drafted initiatives that never belonged near the state constitution (event he liberal newspapers thought so), but still if public sentiment was so riled up against the state of affairs you think the vote would be closer (even open absentee balloting is failing). Looks like the GOP can still get out the vote when they need to. Or perhaps the people of
Ohio just have the good sense to vote these things down.
This is a very good thing as these initiatives were bad, bad, bad. Issue three, dealing with campaign finance restrictions. in particular would have been bad for the GOP and a boon for unions. I will have a little spring in my step tomorrow.

Numbers here.