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 votes against changing the amendment process exceeded the 60% supermajority that the measure was seeking in the first place
The problem is the stipulation was added very deliberately before an abortion rights issue. It was an attempt to kill a more important issue.
Even if you feel it should require a stronger majority the issue was not put out with the hope of making things “more democratic”.
And yes, the results show they could actually have succeeded even on a supermajority, but neither party knew that at the time.