Thursday, March 11th, 2010
OFFICE OF THE OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE, JENNIFER BRUNNER, 3/10/10. COLUMBUS – A new resource on the Secretary of State’s Web site now provides college students with the information they need to ensure they can vote, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner announced Wednesday.
The new resource, entitled “College Vote Ohio,” is an all-in-one stop where students, their parents, college administrators and student organizations can find information like voter registration deadlines, how to register to vote or vote absentee, how to decide where they should cast a ballot and a forum for sharing ways to get and keep more young people as active voters.
College Vote Ohio was developed by the Voting Rights Institute in the Secretary of State’s office in collaboration with Ohio college students and administrators.
“Because they often leave home to attend college, students of higher education face unique challenges in participating as voters. College Vote Ohio is a useful tool to help connect college students with their rights to vote as our newest generation of voters. If we can instill familiarity with the process now, they are more likely to be responsible, lifelong voters in our democracy,” Secretary Brunner said. Read More
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Sam Stein, HUFFINGTON POST, 3/3/10. WASHINGTON DC — When Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) announced his pending retirement from Congress last month, he cited the power of moneyed interests over the legislative process, among other things, as a compelling reason to exit.
Now, on one important measure, he’s backing up his words with action. The Indiana Democrat on Wednesday became the latest senator to sign on as a co-sponsor the Fair Elections Now Act, which would set up a public-financing system for national campaigns.
Bayh joins eight other senators — all either progressive Democrats or those up for election in 2010 — in signing on to the bill. The measure has far broader support in the House and has gained considerable momentum since the Supreme Court ruled that corporations could make unlimited expenditures in a federal campaign.
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Holly Ramer, ASSOCIATED PRESS, 3/10/10. CONCORD, N.H. — Doris “Granny D” Haddock, a New Hampshire woman who walked across the country at age 89 to promote campaign finance reform and later waged a quixotic campaign for U.S. Senate, has died. She was 100. Read More
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Aaron Marshall, THE PLAIN DEALER, 3/9/10. With Joe Guillen / Plain Dealer Reporter COLUMBUS — A controversy over the firing of three employees at a little-known legislative advisory agency has prompted a prominent state lawmaker to question whether the agency does enough work to justify its $650,000 annual budget.
Rep. Dan Dodd, who chairs the House Insurance Committee, said he’s concerned that the staff of the Workers’ Compensation Council, which is supposed to review legislation, only completed one legislative analysis during the five months the council was fully staffed.
Dodd said a closer look at the council — which is funded by assessments on Ohio employers that pay workers’ compensation premiums — leaves him wondering “whether employers are getting their money’s worth and what it is exactly that they are paying for.” Read More
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
BIGNEWS.BIZ, 3/9/10. CLEVELAND — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) participated in the “Non-Profits Count!” rally in Cleveland on Monday. Sponsored by the Cleveland Foodbank, Greater Cleveland United Way, and Neighborhood Connections, the rally sought to raise awareness about the importance of all Ohioans being counted in the 2010 decennial census.
“In Cuyahoga County, if there is just a two percent undercount of the county’s population, more than $300 million could be lost over ten years,” Brown said at today’s rally. “The Census determines the future of our state. It determines the resources, services, and funding we’ll have available to ensure our children grow up with the education and medical care they need. It determines the funding we’ll have to keep our communities safe and ensure our small businesses can grow.”
Martin J. Sweeney, Cleveland City Council President; Anne Campbell Goodman, President and CEO of the Cleveland Foodbank; and Tom O’Brien, Executive Director of Neighborhood Connections also attended today’s rally.The 2010 census will determine the amount of state and federal funding communities receive for the next decade. More than $400 billion each year is allocated to states based on census data. The Brookings Institution estimates that for every 100 people not counted, Ohio could lose approximately $1.2 million over the next decade. In addition to funding, Ohio could lose as many as two Congressional seats. Read More
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