Right to Initiative Rendered Dead by Ohio Supreme Court
Court sides on behalf of oil and gas industry allies, keeps qualified initiatives off ballot Justice J. O’Neill dissents, arguing for the people’s right to local self-government Read More Here...Secretary of State & Medina County Block Community’s Right to Vote
Aug 9, 2016 People of Medina Forced to Appeal to Ohio Supreme Court 5,500 Residents Signed Petitions to Qualify Measure for Vote in November Read Full Press Release...OHCRN Statement: County Boards of Elections Attempt to Stifle Democracy: Meigs, Athens and Medina Counties
Jul 15, 2016 Last summer, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted claimed “unfettered authority” to block county charter initiatives banning fracking. Dozens of residents in four counties collected more than 12,000 signatures of people who wanted to vote on the measures....Ohio Residents Launch Community Rights Petition Campaigns throughout the State on Primary Day
Press Release: Ohio Residents Launch Community Rights Petition Campaigns throughout the State on Primary...Appeals court hearing Wednesday in Broadview Heights case
CLEVELAND: On January 6th, after repeatedly being denied access to the courtroom, Broadview Heights residents will finally have their day in court.
Since November 2012, when the City’s voters overwhelmingly adopted their Community Bill of Rights charter amendment banning fracking, the people of this Cleveland suburb have been fighting to enforce their amendment and protect their rights to clean air, water, and local self-government.
Ohio Supreme Court Rules Against Secretary of State
Decides in favor of communities’ right to initiative; bars chief elections officer from keeping duly qualified initiatives off the ballot – even those involving fracking FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16, 2015 Contact: Tish O’Dell, Ohio Community Organizer...Ohio Citizens Protest Against Secretary of State for denying their Constitutional Right to Vote
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2015 Contact: Tish O’Dell, Ohio Community Organizer tish@celdf.org, 440-838-5272 COLUMBUS, OH: Earlier this month, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted declared that the citizens of Medina, Fulton, and Athens Counties may not vote...Judge Affirms People’s Right of Initiative, Orders Athens Board of Elections to Place County Charter on Ballot
ATHENS, OH: An attempt to quash a citizens’ county charter initiative failed in the Common Pleas Court this week. Athens County residents face record amounts of fracking wastewater that is slated to be injected into permitted wells across the county, and are using...Press Release: Ohio Court Denies Inalienable Community Rights
BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, OH: Yesterday – in time for the July 4th celebration of American Independence and democracy – the Cuyahoga County Court dismissed a class action lawsuit filed by residents of Broadview Heights to protect their inalienable right to local...
