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Ohio takes a step toward fair elections

In July, the overwhelmingly Republican Ohio legislature passed, and Governor John Kasich signed into law, a draconian new voting bill, HB 194, aka the Voter Suppression Act. It contained hundreds of...

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Full Extent of Ohio Redistricting Corruption Exposed

When the Republicans in the legislature who controlled Ohio’s Congressional redistricting process this year suddenly tossed their map on the table in late September and announced it would be on the...

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Ohio Democrats "compromise"; map repeal campaign dead

Thanks a lot, Ohio Democratic Party. People like me have spent the last month and a half — our pre-holiday time — diligently gathering signatures to repeal the GOP-created Congressional map that gives...

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Cincinnati's Xavier University Joins the War on Women

The hypocrisy of the Catholic Church or any of its institutions crying about "religious freedom" in its crusade to deny women access to contraception has manifested itself again, the time at...

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Why We Need to Challenge everywhere (Oh-14)

Apparently tomorrow morning there will be a bombshell coming out of the Painesville, Ohio office of nine-term Congressman Steve “Family Values for You But Not for Me” LaTourette (Oh-14). The fake...

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Ohio SoS thinking about doing the right thing on extended voting hours

Ohio secretary of state Jon Husted (R), looking at the possibility of a lawsuit and some ugly unpleasant publicity, has said that he may set uniform statewide early-voting hours.As Hamilton County...

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Ohio SoS Picks Feud With BoE Over Early Voting

For those of you who didn’t hear already, or missed Meteor Blades' diary on the subject, on Wednesday Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted caved under a barrage of national bad publicity and outrage, and...

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Labor Day in Cleveland

Well over 30 years ago (I'm unsure of the exact number), Congressman Louis Stokes, who was representing a swath of the East Side of Cleveland then known as the 21st district, started the tradition of...

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The Women From Ohio

As many have pointed out, we can’t be content just to work on keeping the presidency out of the grasping hands of cinder-hearted Mitt Romney, who thinks half of Americans aren’t worthy to be served by...

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Cowardice & Desperation: Voter Suppression in Ohio

While Ohio continues its battle over the shrinkage of in-person early voting opportunities, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has released a study with hard numbers showing who is...

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Clear Channel to Remove "Voter Fraud" Billboards in Cleveland

Remember this?That's the first of a slew of billboards erected in poor and minority neighborhoods in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and cities in other key swing states, courtesy of an anonymous...

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Past Election Rigger Crawls From the Slime

There has been a lot of discussion here about the scheme being floated by Republicans to change the way electoral votes are allocated, distributing them by congressional districts — but only a swing...

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"This Is Not What We Were Told"

Ohio's governor, Taxin' John Kasich, revealed his new budget proposal this week. It's going over like a lead balloon. It's jam-packed with terrible ideas, revealing precisely why one should never vote...

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A Challenger for John Kasich in Ohio

Today in series of events in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, Cuyahoga County Commissioner Ed FitzGerald made official what has been obvious for a while: he's going to take on Taxin' John Kasich for...

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"A Festering Turd"

The brave stand Wendy Davis made in the Texas legislature Tuesday night against that state’s assault on women was epic and understandably attracted lots of attention.But that same day, Republican...

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Ohio Destroys Women's Rights

Alas, there was no Wendy Davis to save us. Our governor, Taxin' John Kasich, has until midnight to sign the "budget" bill HB 59. He has now signed it.Women across the state (and many men) were...

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Great Night in Ohio — Attacks on Labor Backfire on GOP

Ohio's next governor Ed FitzGerald supports women as well as labor.Too often, we repeat like a mantra that voters have “short memories.”Here in Ohio many Democrats have inexplicably adopted the...

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When Women Succeed Tour in Cleveland

I thought I'd take a break from reading all the diaries that are convincing me that today's Republican Party is some kind of weird performance art, and share some photos from this afternoon's Cleveland...

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A Bombshell in the Ohio Governor's Race

Watergate on the Olentangy!The next time you're in a conversation about how worthless and biased most newspapers are and how we'd be better off without them (believe me, I have this conversation all...

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Do Black Lives Matter? A Chilling Story Out of Cleveland

This one hit a little too close to home for many of us here in Cleveland.After a good election night in which things generally went well for Democrats in Ohio, this appeared in my Facebook feed Tuesday...

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