Thank you to those of you who were able to join us for Coffee with Common Cause! 

Click here for the slides and here for the recording.  Please review for additional information and ways to take action. 

SAVE Act (HR 22)

• Call your Senators today! Sen. Husted (202) 224-3353 & Sen. Moreno (202) 224-2315  Please log your call. 
• What You Need to Know About the SAVE Act from the Campaign Legal Center 
• The SAVE Act Would Disenfranchise Millions of Citizens, Center for American Progress, January 31, 2025 (includes Ohio impact data)

Senate Bill 153 

• • Short overview
  • Unfunded mandates 
  • Board of Elections Letter to the Editor Toolkit 
  • Sign up to testify

• Ohio GOP pushes new rules that voting rights groups say will make it harder to get issues on the ballot, Cleveland.com, April 22, 2025

State Budget Bill 

• • Last minute amendments  

• ‘That’s just not a way to govern’: How Ohio’s budget process blindsides the public — and even lawmakers, Cleveland.com, April 19, 2025

• Ohio schools, parents concerned as lawmakers debate voucher and public school funding, Columbus Dispatch, April 13, 2025

• Ohio House budget would eliminate independent campaign finance oversight, Ohio Capital Journal, April 22, 2025

• Cleveland Browns’ quest for a domed stadium starts an NFL fight for Ohio dollars, Associated Press, April 15, 2025

• The Haslams gave big donations to Ohio lawmakers, who are now deciding the fate of Browns stadium, Ohio Capital Journal, April 7, 2025

• Jimmy and Dee Haslam among largest donors in campaign to defeat Ohio redistricting amendment, WKYC, October 25, 2024
• Change.org Petition

Householder/House Bill 6 Scandal 

• • Timeline 
  • Cost of House Bill 6 due to coal subsidies (scroll down the home page)

• HBO’s ‘The Dark Money Game’ spotlights FirstEnergy’s corruption as Trump revives federal coal plant bailout the utility once lobbied for, Energy and Policy Institute, April 16, 2025
• Dark Money Game Trailer

Primary Election 

• Voting schedule 
• Sign up to help distribute materials in your community
• Many counties will be voting with paper pollbooks: Secretary LaRose Orders Investigation of Perry County Voter Check-In Device 
• Share elections reminders about the upcoming primary on social media Toolkit; Graphics

Signature-gathering Opportunities and an update 

• Columbus Safety Collection Campaign
• Senate Bill 1 referendum 
•  The People’s Budget Cleveland are doing a pilot project. In 2023, their effort to pass participatory budgeting failed by just 1,387 votes.  
• The Ballot Initiative Strategy Center provides resources about ballot measures. For information about ballot measures all over the country, visit Ballotpedia.org. 

Upcoming events 

• April 30 at 3pm  Brennan Center – First 100 Days
• May 1 Rallies  – check 50501 or other local info. Also, check out lawdayofaction.org
• May 2 at noon  Ohio Voter Rights Coalition meeting
• May 14 at 6pm Fair Districts All Volunteer Huddle
• May 22 at 8:30am Coffee with Common Cause

Here’s what members are reading:

• Rules for Radicals by Saul D. Alinsky
• Gia’s Web: How Digital Environmentalism Can Combat Climate Change, Restore Biodiversity, Cultivate Empathy, and Regenerate the Earth by Karen Baker 
• Ministry of Truth by Steve Beven 
• The Women by Kristin Hannah 
• Hidden History books by Thom Hartmann
• How America Can Avoid Becoming Russia in the Atlantic by Garry Kasparov
• Prequel by Rachel Maddow
• Patriot by Alexei Navalny 
• Petroleum 238 by Justin Nobel 
• Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wakeup Call from Behind the Lines by David Pepper
• Blueprint for Revolution by Srdja Popovic
• The Ends of the Earth by Neil Shubin
• How Civil Wars Start, Barbara Walter