{"id":2997,"date":"2026-03-19T07:56:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/?post_type=article&p=2997"},"modified":"2026-03-19T18:22:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:22:29","slug":"march-coffee-with-common-cause-ohio-links-and-resources","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/articles\/march-coffee-with-common-cause-ohio-links-and-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"March Coffee with Common Cause Ohio – Links and Resources"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2997","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":"","article_type":153,"authors":"","related_issues":[423,100,105,92,420],"related_work":[111,170],"location":38},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Thank you for those of you who joined our March coffee hour. You can view the slides here<\/a> and watch the recording here<\/a>.\r\n\r\nVoting and Elections - Take Action<\/b>\r\n\r\n \t- \r\n
\r\n \t- Check\/update your voter registration at <\/span>voteohio.gov<\/b><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
- Share important information in this voter education toolkit<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
- Encourage voters to check their registration. Share <\/span>Voter Lookup<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Sign up to be a poll worker <\/span><\/a>and recruit poll workers<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Board of Elections monitoring (<\/span>There\u2019s a training tomorrow, 3\/20<\/span><\/a>)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Join Ohio Voter Rights Coalition calls every other <\/span>Friday at noon<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n \r\n\r\nKey Dates for Primary on May 5<\/b>\r\n
\r\n \t- April 6:<\/b> Deadline to register<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- April 7:<\/b> Early Vote begins; <\/span>In-person schedule<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
- Bring <\/span>unexpired Photo ID<\/b> to vote<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- \ud83d\udea8<\/b>Share voter education info<\/span><\/a> Don\u2019t wait to mail your absentee ballot!<\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nSign up to join Ohio\u2019s largest nonpartisan Election Protection, voter support network: <\/b>protectthevote.net<\/b><\/a>\r\n\r\nBuying the Bench<\/b>\r\n
\r\n \t- Buying the Bench: Uncovering Dark Money Donors in the 2024 Race for Ohio Supreme Court<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span><\/i>Common Cause Ohio, February 26, 2026<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n
\r\n \t- The Politics of Judicial Elections 2023\u201324<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span><\/i>Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, February 26, 2026<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Five groups poured millions in dark money into 2024 Ohio Supreme Court races, study finds<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span><\/i>Cleveland.com, February 26, 2026<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Dark Money Pours into Supreme Court Race<\/span><\/i><\/a>, Meidas Legal AF, March 9, 2026<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- JudgeTheAds.org<\/span><\/a> \u2013 Check out the 2024 ads: <\/span>judgetheads.org\/the-ads\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Get to know the candidates\u2013 <\/span>Vote411.org<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
- We Don't Talk About Leonard<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span><\/i>On the Media & Pro Publica, October 13, 2023<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n
\r\n \t- <\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nSunshine Week\u00a0<\/b>\r\n
\r\n \t- Ohio Sunshine Laws: An Open Government Resource Manual<\/span><\/i><\/a> (Attorney General, 2026)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Keep an Eye on Your Government: The Activist\u2019s How-To-Guide on Ohio Public Records and Open Meetings Laws<\/span><\/i><\/a> (ACLU Ohio, March 2025)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Check out <\/span>last week\u2019s webinar<\/span><\/a>!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Additional resources\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
- Yost warns Ohio public officials against using Signal, other messaging apps<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span><\/i>Columbus Dispatch, March 18, 2026<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nFirstEnergy Executives Trial\u00a0<\/b>\r\n
\r\n \t- December 18, 2018<\/b>: <\/span>Former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and former Senior VP of external affairs Mike Dowling met with Governor-elect Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor-elect Jon Husted at the Columbus Athletic Club. They discussed Sam Randazzo\u2019s appointment to the PUCO, according to the <\/span>state\u2019s indictment<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>The indictment says that Jones and Dowling then drove to Randazzo\u2019s condo and negotiated the $4.3 million bribe.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- February 4, 2019:<\/b> Gov. DeWine appointed Randazzo<\/span><\/a> to the Public Utilities Commission.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- March 11. 2026: <\/b>Former Lt. Gov. Jon Husted testified via Zoom<\/span>.<\/span><\/a> He said the reason for this was because he was in DC because of the\u00a0 war in Iran, but the Senator <\/span>still made it to Ohio over the weekend for a fundraiser<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>Husted told the court he wasn\u2019t aware of <\/span>a meme<\/span><\/a> with Dowling and Randazzo\u2019s faces photoshopped onto a picture of Mount Rushmore.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n
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\r\n\r\nFaces on Mt. Rushmore from left to right: Ty Pine, former FirstEnergy VP Mike Dowling, former PUCO Chair Sam Randazzo, and the President of the Boich Companies Matt Evans. Pine received a $25,000 bonus after passage of House Bill 6 in 2019.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nData Center in Canton Connected to President Trump\u00a0<\/b>\r\n\r\n \t- Data centers are spiking Ohio utility prices. One developer is Trump\u2019s business partner<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span><\/i>Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, March 12, 2026<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- New Poll Shows Ohioans Deeply Concerned About Rising Energy Costs and Strongly Support Clean Water Protections<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span><\/i>Ohio Environmental Council, March 12, 2026<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nOSU President resigns and JobsOhio<\/b>\r\n
\r\n \t- A university president, an inappropriate relationship, $60K podcasts, and another scandal in Ohio<\/span><\/i><\/a>,<\/span><\/i> News from the States, March 17, 2026<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- The \"record(s)\" on JobsOhio<\/span><\/i><\/a>, <\/span><\/i>Columbus Dispatch, February 7, 2014<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Additional background on JobsOhio<\/span>: In a 5-2 decision, the <\/span>Ohio Supreme Court<\/span><\/a> ruled on June 10, 2014, that ProgressOhio.org, and two state legislators lacked standing to challenge the constitutionality of JobsOhio, the private nonprofit economic development corporation. The Court found the plaintiffs failed to show a \"direct, concrete, and individualized injury\" to warrant a lawsuit.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nICE in Ohio\u00a0<\/b>\r\n