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A month ago today, my mother Eleanor Sanders Kasler died. I described her obituary as the hardest and worst thing I've ever had to write.
I was wrong. This is.
My husband Bill Wheeler died suddenly 17 days after my mom.
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Mug shots for new inmates in the Butler County jail: Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges. They haven’t been assigned to the federal prisons where they will serve sentences for racketeering while they appeal.
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An amendment to create a 15-member citizen-appointed panel to draw state legislative & Congressional maps instead of the Republican-dominated Ohio Redistricting Commission has been filed, aimed for Nov 2024 ballot. Group includes Republican former Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor.
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Breaking: The Ohio Supreme Court has declared a fourth set of legislative maps invalid.
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As expected,
@marceelias
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The Ohio Supreme Court has given Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission until noon on Wednesday to show why they shouldn’t be held in contempt of court for disregarding the Court‘s order to have new House and Senate maps by midnight last night
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There have been metal detectors at the Ohio Statehouse for five years.
Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio) just told the cops at the door he believes the magnetometers are unconstitutional.
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Here’s a quick fact to start Tuesday: There are 15,348 kids in foster care in Ohio today.
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The "press pass" for the JD Vance/Ron DeSantis event near Youngstown states that Turning Point Action has the right to access media footage and "to know in what manner the footage will be utilized", and reporters must contact TPA to get approval to talk to attendees.
Yikes.
Ordinarily covering an event that features a gubernatorial candidate and potential 2024 Presidential contender would be a no-brainer. But ground rules for next week's event give some experts pause.
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27 of 67 Ohio House Republicans sign onto a statement against Issue 1, approved by 56.62% of voters. “We will do everything in our power to prevent our laws from being removed based upon perception of intent. We were elected to protect the most vulnerable in our state”
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Ohio has sent out absentee ballot applications to all registered voters for every presidential election since 2012, so Ohio will not "try it" this year.
No state previously mailed absentee ballot applications to all voters in a general election. This year, DE, IL, MD, MA, MI, WI, IA, and OH will try it. It’s what NY tried in the June primary, overwhelming an unprepared system. These 8 states should NOT do this.
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For those irritated by my Issue 1 county breakdowns - let's do regions. It lost:
Northeast Ohio by 266,048 votes
Central Ohio by 143,391 votes
Southwest Ohio by 54,182 votes
Northwest Ohio by 8,112 votes
Issue 1 won:
Southeast Ohio by 13,662 votes
West Ohio by 29,323 votes
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Ohio Ballot Board votes unanimously that amendment to create a 15-member citizens panel to draw legislative/congressional maps instead of the Ohio Redistricting Commission will be a single issue instead of multiple ones. Signatures can now be collected to put it on 2024 ballot.
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Some data on yesterday’s election in Ohio, where voters approved a reproductive rights/abortion amendment - Issue 1 - and a law to legalize recreational marijuana - Issue 2. 🧵 1/14
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Another Ohio elected official who cast doubt on the veracity of the story of a 10 year old rape victim from his state going to Indiana for an abortion - Republican Congressman Jim Jordan
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Hundreds of people protested the resolution to require 60% voter approval to amend the Ohio constitution and a bill to vote on it in an August special election - starting in a church across from Capitol Square 1/3
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BREAKING: Ohio Supreme Court invalidates legislative maps approved by Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission
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I am sometimes asked about this person, who did not cover Ohio Statehouse news till after the pandemic began, after he asks questions at Gov. Mike DeWine’s COVID press conferences. I think this tweet should settle any questions about whether he is a journalist.
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My late husband’s eyes are still seeing this world, but for someone else. Shirley, thank you.
#DonateLife
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Reminder: Ohio’s Secretary of State’s office reports 154,042 absentee ballots had not yet been returned to county boards of elections as of yesterday. If you have one, it can still be returned to the county board of elections, but can’t be dropped off at a polling place.
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Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office is no longer compiling Ohio early voting stats in press release form. There is a spot on his website where each day’s numbers are posted. But it hasn’t been updated since last Thursday. I’m trying to find out why.
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Issue 1 may have put abortion and reproductive rights into Ohio's constitution, but Republican Senate President Matt Huffman says in a statement: "This isn't the end. It is really just the beginning of a revolving door of ballot campaigns to repeal or replace Issue 1."
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ICYMI: Hundreds protest at the Ohio Statehouse over a resolution to make it harder to amend the state’s constitution and an August special election to vote on that - and there are hints they may be back if there’s a House vote on those measures next week
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Ohio redistricting🧵ahead:
It may be useful to look back on what voters in 2015 would have seen and had access to about Issue 1, the ballot issue to change the process of drawing Ohio House/Senate maps.
2,126,822 voters said yes, or 71.47% - an overwhelming approval.
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Ohio’s bipartisan elections officials group says it’s formally opposed to bill that would allow August special election on resolution to make it harder to amend the constitution, three months before a vote on a reproductive rights amendment.
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Turnout for Ohio's Issue 1 as the polls closed, according to counties with live trackers:
Cuyahoga 37.13%
Hamilton 38.82%
Summit 41.15%
Lucas 31.00%
Butler 35.23%
Warren 32.88%
Lake 43.76%
Greene 43.09%
Carroll 39.50%
Clark 36.82%
Jefferson 26.73%
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Ohio Supreme Court is underway - arguments are remote and not in the courtroom. The Congressional map case is the only one on the docket today.
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Ohio's Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has vetoed a bill backed by his fellow GOP lawmakers that would ban gender transition treatments for minors and trans athletes from girls' sports - saying they're "gut-wrenching decisions that should be made by parents" and informed by doctors
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The anti-mask protesters - who include self-identified Proud Boys, a white supremacist group - are verbally clashing with Black Lives Matter protestors near the Ohio Statehouse.
Protestors and counter protestors at the statehouse. “Black lives matter” “all lives matter” and “USA” all chants being shouted as police divide the two groups.
@10TV
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Republicans say making it harder to amend Ohio’s constitution is about keeping out-of-state special interests out of it. But the largest donor by far to a PAC that’s pushing for a vote on that is a billionaire from Illinois, and more money is coming
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All Ohio counties reporting 100% on Issue 1 except Butler, Cuyahoga, Hamilton, Highland, Lucas, Richland, Ross and Stark. Yes 43.3%, No 56.57%.
"Yes" side won in 65 counties. "No" side won in 23 counties and took the state.
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Ohio state school board votes 13-6 to ask for changes to Republican-backed bills that would move the board’s authority on curriculum and other decisions to the governor’s office. Democrats won control over the board last fall.
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Correcting: Ohio Republican Reps. Jon Cross and Reggie Stoltzfus are looking for cosponsors to declare June 14 “President Donald J. Trump Day” to “celebrate one of the greatest presidents in American history” - that’s Trump’s birthday (also Flag Day)
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Back in Cleveland - have I mentioned how much I love this place?
Exhibit A:
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After saying an Ohio law passed in December requires a specific form for absentee ballots, email from Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office now says outdated forms are ok w certain info on them. A pro-Issue 1 group sent out mailers with the wrong form.
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Ohio sports blogger who wrote that masks don't work, the virus isn't dangerous for kids and that coronavirus might might be part of a Chinese “biowar" becomes chief COVID-19 data analyst for the state of Florida
It's my pleasure to announce publicly that this morning I officially accepted an offer to go work for Gov. Ron DeSantis in the Florida state capitol. I will be doing data analysis on several fronts for them including but not limited to Covid-19 research and other projects.
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More than 700,000 signatures submitted by supporters of an abortion rights amendment to put it before Ohio voters in November -my colleague
@joingles
reports
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Ohio COVID hospitalizations have set records nearly every day for a month, and have doubled in that time. There have never been orders to shut houses of worship, and decisions on virtual/in person schools are being made locally. But here's newly re-elected Congressman Jim Jordan:
Today your freedom:
-To go to church
-To go to work
-To go to school
-To have friends in your home
-To leave your home
-To dance at your daughter’s wedding
-To celebrate Christmas and Thanksgiving
Is being taken away government.
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Warning: Violent clash between pro-Trump/Proud Boys protestors and counter protestor
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Ohio voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana with a proposed law to regulate it like alcohol on the Nov 7 ballot. The Secretary of State’s office confirms the group backing it turned in 4,405 valid signatures when they needed 679.
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"In the past week, an Ohio abortion clinic received calls from two women with ectopic pregnancies — when an embryo grows outside the uterus and can’t be saved — who said their doctors wouldn’t treat them. Ectopic pregnancies often become life-threatening emergencies"
The Supreme Court's decision to let states outlaw most abortions is having profound repercussions in reproductive medicine and in other areas of medical care.
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Several thousand people on the Statehouse lawn to hear Franklin Graham urge them to "pray, then vote"
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The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled the congressional map adopted by Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission in March and currently in use for the 2022 election is unconstitutional
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"I have seen illness and death on a scale that I have never seen in my career. I have admitted families. I've had to put spouses next to each other while one or both die. These are things that I have never had to do before." From a Ohio doctor I talked to this morning. (more)
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I can’t let this day end without noting that it was probably my late husband’s favorite holiday, which he observed with his own homemade pole. I hate that he didn’t see it this year. Happy Festivus, everyone.
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A few pics from today’s anti-mask rally at the Ohio Statehouse
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Ohio‘s state school board votes to oppose Republican-backed bill that would strip the board of many of its duties and put them with an appointee of the governor - which was first proposed after Democrats won a majority of elected seats on the board
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Supporters of a proposed law to regulate marijuana like alcohol for this November’s ballot deliver 254 boxes of petitions to the Ohio Secretary of State’s office. They need around 124k signatures to make the ballot - they’re submitting more than 222k.
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After multiple calls for her to resign following her Facebook post voicing support for the insurrection at the US Capitol and calling incoming VP Kamala Harris a derogatory name, Susan Allan Block has resigned from the Ohio Arts Council board
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A controlled release of toxic vinyl chloride from five rail cars is set for 3:30, to avoid a potentially "catastrophic" explosion. Anyone within one mile of the East Palestine site in northeast Ohio's Columbiana County near the Pennsylvania line has been ordered to evacuate.
DeWine says the railroad is concerned about a potential explosion with one or more of the cars, which he says would be catastrophic. Instead, he says they chose a controlled release which will occur today at 3:30.
@WKSU
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Some people ask me why I love Cleveland so much. I moved 120 miles away to Columbus 19 yrs ago, but I’m on
@WKSU
weekly and talk about it a lot.
This week I got a resolution from Cleveland City Council honoring my husband, who I met and married in Cleveland.
This is why. ❤️
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And Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephen says in a statement: “I remain steadfastly committed to protecting life, and that commitment is unwavering. The legislature has multiple paths that we will explore to continue to protect innocent life. This is not the end of the conversation.”
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Former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio chair Sam Randazzo has been indicted in the House Bill 6 nuclear power plant bailout scandal. He’s charged with embezzlement. He self-surrendered at U.S. District Court in Cincinnati this morning.
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ICYMI: Ohio House Speaker rejects proposal from fellow Republican that lawmakers seize power from judiciary in deciding abortion-related laws after voters approved Issue 1, calling it “Schoolhouse Rock type stuff”
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First lawsuit against the Ohio Congressional map filed by National Redistricting Action Fund. It claims map is "an extreme partisan gerrymander in favor of Republicans by any measure" and "is achieved by packing and cracking of political subdivisions and communities of color."
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Ohio's bipartisan organization of elections officials is formally opposing a GOP bill for an August special election on an amendment to make it harder to amend the constitution, three months before a reproductive rights amendment is likely before voters
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A couple hundred protestors against the resolution to require 60% voter approval to amend the constitution and a special election to vote on it are assembling by the stairs leading up to the Ohio House, where a key vote is expected today
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Minority Leader Nickie Antonio says resolution undermines principle of one person-one vote and allows 41% of voters to subvert the will of most voters. Notes testimony was stopped on HJR 1 before vote on it and “you could hear the word ‘shame’ reverberating in the hallways”
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Turnout on Issue 1 from Ohio boards of elections that have live trackers, as of 6pm:
Cuyahoga 33.87%
Hamilton 35.8%
Lucas 28.63%
Butler 32.29%
Warren 31.09%
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It’s horrible to see anti-Semitism show up anywhere, like in an Ohio House race
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Ohio Congressman
@Jim_Jordan
led the Republicans who challenged the certification of President Biden’s Electoral College win two weeks ago today and defended former President Trump against impeachment a week ago today
America’s the greatest country ever. May God continue to bless us all.
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.
@ProjectLincoln
, which includes former Gov.
@JohnKasich
’s strategist
@jwgop
, reportedly launching this ad on cable in Columbus and Cleveland and in three other nearby states - suggesting Ohio (which Trump won by 8 in 2016) is in play this fall:
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Here's a statement from the chief Republican Ohio rep who sponsored Issue 1. He notes out-of-state money on the "no" side, but 80% of the money in the last filing for the "yes" side came from an Illinois billionaire, and of course there was dark money on the "yes" side as well
It was a privilege to work on Issue 1 and to to help drive this important debate about our Ohio Constitution. I never agreed with those who predicted low turnout, I encouraged all voters to make their voice heard every chance I had, and I am glad we had the robust, hard-fought…
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After the Ohio Redistricting Commission disregarded the Ohio Supreme Court's deadline to okay constitutional House/Senate maps, a lawsuit is filed asking a federal court panel to take over because the commission is at an impasse and voters "are cut out of the political process"
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Ohio Issue 1 live results from counties that were bellwethers in Aug - all were R in 2020
Delaware 68.82% Y, 31.18% N
Lake 66.54% Y, 33.46% N
Erie 58.79% Y, 41.21% N
Trumbull 64.64% Y, 35.36% N
Wood 63.79% Y, 36.21% N
Portage 71.16% Y, 28.84% N
Mahoning 64.38% Y, 35.62% N
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Updated mugshots of Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges, still in the Butler County jail
Mug shots for new inmates in the Butler County jail: Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges. They haven’t been assigned to the federal prisons where they will serve sentences for racketeering while they appeal.
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By a vote of 83-10, Ohio House passes bill to allow sports gambling in Ohio, under control of Ohio Lottery Commission. (Senate has its own bill that would have the Casino Control Commission oversee sports betting.)
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Editor of Ohio newspaper fired for warning readers about scams promoted in ads purchased by the paper’s publisher, which operates in Ohio and Michigan.
Lots in here, but this stands out: “MY first responsibility was to the people of Athens County. I got fired for it.”
At 10:30 a.m. today, I was fired from my job as editor of The Athens News, effective immediately. The reason was violation of Adam’s Publishing Group’s social media policy, for posts I made on Monday warning readers about scams promoted in ads purchased at the national level. 1/
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Five ex-Ohio attorneys general (Rs & Ds) oppose 60% voter ok for constitutional amendments in August special election, saying changing constitution should be done w careful understanding of consequences: “Clearly, that has not happened in this rush to revise our constitution.”
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Ohioans have turned up for committees hearing Republican-backed measures on gender transition treatments for minors, trans athletes in girls’/women’s sports and 60% voter approval requirement for constitutional amendments before a fall vote on a reproductive rights amendment
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After seven weeks, jurors returned guilty verdicts in the federal racketeering trial of Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and ex-Ohio GOP chair Matt Borges.
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Here are the highlights of the bill the Ohio Senate just passed on the primary, tax day, school testing, EdChoice, etc
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Update on 2024 amendment to replace the Ohio Redistricting Commission with a 15 member citizens panel to draw district maps for Ohio House and Senate and congress. A spokesman says Attorney General has certified the revised petition summary. Now it goes back to the Ballot Board.
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Update: An Ohio House committee did not vote out the Senate bill to allow an August special election for a statewide vote on a resolution to make it harder to amend the constitution. So that August special election bill won’t be on the House floor today.
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It’s Election Day in Ohio and Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose, the state’s top elections official and a leading voice on the Yes on Issue 1 campaign, has canceled his media appearance after casting his ballot this morning. Waiting to see if it will be rescheduled.
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This is among the most beautiful buildings in all of Ohio at Christmastime - it's absolutely breathtaking
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As I wrote earlier, please point me to a tweet from any experienced Ohio Statehouse journalist that advocates violence and "shooting your way out" of a situation or crisis.
I used to like, respect and defend statehouse journalists. But they have become so radicalized that they cannot tolerate even having a single conservative in their midst.
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Politico is now declaring Ohio's Issue 1 has been rejected
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855 Afghan refugees will be coming to Ohio from a group of 37,000 evacuees.
@GovMikeDeWine
’s office says most are headed to Cleveland, with Columbus not far behind. Also some people going to Akron, Cincinnati and Toledo.
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Ohio hospital leaders ask school superintendents, administrators & boards for mask mandates: "With Omicron spreading quickly through Ohio, we need everyone’s help to make it through the coming weeks. Please help us by requiring students to wear masks when they return to school."
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It’s unusual for a sitting Ohio Supreme Court Justice running for Chief Justice to speak about cases currently being litigated - and especially when her party called for a Democratic justice to recuse herself for talking about the issue in general in 2020
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Now on to Issue 2 to legalize marijuana, which passed 56.97%-43.03%, a margin of 13.94%. It passed in 40 counties and failed in 48. Its highest passage rate was in Athens County 69.37%. (The jokes write themselves.)
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PSA: the
@OhioStatehouse
is possibly the most beautiful building in the state, and never more than this time of year.
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Decision from Ohio Supreme Court on maps for Ohio House and Senate districts - they’re invalid and a new plan will been adopted in 10 days
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PERSONAL: Thanks to all who reached out with condolences on the death of my mom. I’ve joined a club with so many caring, wonderful members, all been drafted into it unwillingly. But I am somewhat comforted by the vista I got from my hotel room the night I believe she left us. ❤️
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Ben Stafford from the election law firm set up by
@marceelias
is presenting first. Says Ohio General Assembly "thumbed its nose" at reforms voters approved overwhelmingly in 2018 in passing a map that dramatically favors Republicans when 46% of Ohioans voted for Democrats.
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A reminder: 17 yr old Ohioans who will be 18 by Nov 6 can register/vote in the May 8 primary - must register by April 9. And those who don't vote for candidates (as a journalist, I don't) can still vote in the primary for local issues and Issue 1 on Congressional redistricting.
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Seven Democratic members of Ohio’s State Board of Education to stop a transfer of power to the governor’s office in the new budget have won a temporary restraining order. Here’s my story about the lawsuit from earlier this week
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I’m not a lawyer and don’t even pretend to be so I’m putting this question out there - is Ohio’s new tourism logo copyrighted?
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Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark case from Ohio that legalized same-sex marriage in 2015, will stand as the US Supreme Court declines to take up a case from Indiana
Even with three Trump-appointed justices, SCOTUS declines to roll back marriage equality: The Supreme Court declined to take up Indiana's effort to discriminate against same-sex couples, and will continue to preserve the meaning of Obergefell v. Hodges.
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Some background - a section of Kasich’s campaign website noted that he “has signed every pro 2nd amendment bill that has crossed his desk” and that he was endorsed by the NRA. That section is gone now.
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After a weekend of signature gathering, a proposal on drawing maps for Ohio’s legislators to voters again could be filed very soon with the attorney general’s office. This comes after multiple Ohio Supreme Court rulings last year that Republican drawn maps were unconstitutional.
.
@CommonCauseOhio
and other
@OhFairDistricts
coalition members are getting ready to go on a redistricting reform initiative that would end gerrymandering by taking politicians completely out of the process.
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