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BLOG: A Holiday Gift for Ohio’s Low-Income Voters Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Lisa Danetz, DEMOS, 12/15/09. COLUMBUS — Just in time for the holidays comes a gift for Ohio’s low-income citizens: an increased opportunity for political participation. Specifically, Demos and our partners have negotiated a litigation settlement that should ensure the state’s public assistance offices offer and assist their clients with voter registration.More than three years ago, Demos, Project Vote, and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law began looking into the voter registration practices at public assistance offices in Ohio, as we have in many other states, to ensure compliance ... read more
The Progress Report: Obama’s Open Government Directive Monday, December 14th, 2009Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, Zaid Jilani, Ian Milhiser, and Alex Seitz-Wald, CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS, 12/14/09. WASHINGTON DC — On his second day in office, President Obama announced three principles that would guide his administration: 1) government must be transparent, to ensure public accountability; 2) government must be participatory, so that lawmakers, regulators, and other officials benefit from public input; and 3) government must be collaborative, seeking partnerships across agencies and with the private sector whenever such partnerships will improve Americans’ ... read more
Campaign finance reports now on Cuyahoga Board of Elections’ Web site Friday, December 11th, 2009Ellen Kleinerman, THE PLAIN DEALER, 12/10/09. CLEVELAND, Ohio — For the first time, campaign finance reports are available on the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections’ Web site.Posted on Wednesday were reports for municipal and countywide candidates going back to 2003. Reports for council and judicial candidates go up next, followed by reports on tax issues and political action groups.But don’t look for 2009 accountings just yet. Those will be added after the reports are audited, said Jane Platten, the board’s director.A candidate’s finance report lists the names of donors and their contributions ... read more
Election revisions Thursday, November 19th, 2009Source: Ohio Legislative Services Commission, The Columbus Dispatch, November 19, 2009. COLUMBUS — Sub. House Bill 260, passed by the Ohio House yesterday:Increases from one to four the number of locations a county board of elections may use for in-person, early absentee voting. The secretary of state breaks any tie votes on proposed sites and establishes rules for acceptable locations.Requires absentee ballots to be ready 45 days before the election for overseas and military voters and 28 days before for all other absentee voters. Absentee voting would continue through noon on the Monday before the election. ... read more
Elections bill passed by divided Ohio House: Registration would be easier, ‘golden week’ eliminated Thursday, November 19th, 2009Mark Niquette, The Columbus Dispatch, November 19, 2009. COLUMBUS — The Ohio House passed a bill yesterday over Republican objections to make sweeping changes to how elections are run in the state, including expanding the number of sites where voters can cast early absentee ballots.But the bill, which the Democrat-controlled House passed 52-46 along party lines, now faces an uncertain future in the GOP-led Senate.The Senate has been considering its own elections bill, and the sponsor, Sen. Bill Seitz, said he urged the House to delay yesterday’s vote to seek compromises toward passing one bill. But he ... read more