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Maureen OConnor
Event Date: 
Sep 24 2024 05:30 pm
Event location: 

Akron Public Library - Main

A Conversation with Retired Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice, Maureen O'Connor - The public is invited to attend this free event about Issue 1, the Citizens Not Politiicians Amendment, which is on the ballot Nov. 5.

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Supporters of the Citiizen Not Politicians amendment plan to challenge the wording on the ballot on November saying it deceives voters. The Ohio Ballot Board voted 3-2 on Friday to certify ballot language for a redistricting amendment to the Ohio Constitution on the November ballot.  Jen Miller, executive director with the League of Women Voters of Ohio, said the board has violated its duty to provide fair and impartial ballot langugage. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office proposed loaded ballot language for the redistricting reform measure, includi

Redistricting is broken in OH
Event Date: 
Oct 10 2024 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm
Event location: 

Nordonia Hills Library

Join us to learn about gerrymandering and how we can stop it in Ohio by voting for the Citizens Not Politicians amendment, which will be on the ballot Nov. 5, 2024. The public is invited. There will a Q&A after the presentation. No need to RSVP, just come and bring your friends and family.

1960s book
Event Date: 
Oct 24 2024 07:00 pm
Event location: 

Kathy Battaglia's home

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960's, by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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News

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal court has struck down restrictions in Ohio’s House Bill 458 that made it a crime for all but a handful of family members to assist voters with disabilities in casting absentee ballots. The American

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Secretary of State Frank LaRose said lawmakers should consider eliminating ballot drop boxes after a federal court ruled that Ohio law violates the rights of people with disabilities who need help voting absentee.

Advocates sued over a rule allowing only certain family members to return absentee ballots on behalf of relatives who are hospitalized or homebound because of an illness or disability. The list includes spouses, parents, siblings and grandparents, but not grandchildren or caretakers.