Chop Wood, Carry Ohio 2/17
🚨 Emergency heads up email!🚨
Hey, Team.
Sorry to bug you twice in a week, but I just got this from a subscriber and it seems really important:
The Ohio legislature is considering a bill this week, SB 137, that would effectively ban Ranked Choice Voting in local and county elections across the state by financially penalizing municipalities that use it. Please take an action now to stop this bill from going any further.
Submit Testimony
Submit your testimony no later than Tuesday at 3pm.
Step 1: Type out your testimony.
Step 2: Copy this form in Google Drive (DO NOT EDIT THE ORIGINAL FORM) and then fill it in with your information and download it as a PDF to include in your email.
Step 3: Attach your PDF Witness Form and written testimony as two separate documents (DO NOT combine them) in an email sent to Prescott.Carey@ohiosenate.gov.
If you are going to the Statehouse to testify in person. The committee will meet on Wednesday 2/21 at 3pm in the North Hearing Room. Be sure to arrive 45 minutes to an hour early to park and get through Security. SB 137 will be the second bill to be heard, so remember to wait your turn patiently.
Help Pack The Hearing Room
Pack the hearing room. Even if you aren't testifying and are available, we encourage you to attend the hearing anyway so we can pack the room. The more the merrier. Grab your friends, neighbors, activist groups and head to the courthouse. Remember to sit quietly and watch. We are trying to make friends not enemies.
Help Jam The Phone Lines
Are you in one of the Senate Districts for a Committee member? Please call them Wednesday morning (or before) so we can jam the phone lines with constituents calling to ask them to vote no. Script and phone numbers are below:
Call Script
“I’m in district ____ and I urge you to protect home rule by voting NO on SB 137.”
Phone Numbers:
Sen. Rulli, District 33 - (614) 466-8285
Sen. Schuring, District 29 - (614) 466-0626
Sen. DeMora, District 25 - (614) 466-4583
Sen. Gavarone, District 2 - (614) 466-8060
Sen. McColley, District 1 - (614) 466-8150
Resources:
For more info go to https://www.rankthevoteohio.org/
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Jess
Oof. There is a Democrat co-sponsoring this bill. I'm told they are afraid they will lose seats in municipal government to Republicans. We endorsed RCV a year ago.