{"id":191,"date":"2021-06-30T10:38:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T10:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/press-releases\/voting-rights-coalition-calls-on-governor-to-veto-trio-of-anti-democratic-riders-in-budget-bill\/"},"modified":"2021-06-30T10:38:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T10:38:52","slug":"voting-rights-coalition-calls-on-governor-to-veto-trio-of-anti-democratic-riders-in-budget-bill","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/press\/voting-rights-coalition-calls-on-governor-to-veto-trio-of-anti-democratic-riders-in-budget-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting Rights Coalition Calls on Governor to Veto Trio of Anti-Democratic Riders in Budget Bill"},"template":"","class_list":["post-191","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Today, the Ohio Voter Rights Coalition, a coalition that includes Common Cause Ohio, ACLU Ohio, All Voting Is Local, and the League of Women Voters of Ohio, sent a letter to Governor Mike DeWine urging him to veto three provisions that undermine the state\u2019s ability to hold free and fair elections, embedded within HB 110, the state operating budget bill. ","featured_image":"","press_type":146,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7876}"],"related_issues":[62,98,100,109,420],"related_work":false,"location":38},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"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":"<b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Columbus, OH\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014 Today,\u00a0the Ohio Voter Rights Coalition, a coalition that includes Common Cause Ohio, ACLU Ohio, All Voting Is Local, and the League of Women Voters of Ohio,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2021\/06\/DeWine-Budget-Stakeholder-Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">sent a letter<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to Governor Mike DeWine urging him to veto three provisions that undermine the state\u2019s ability to hold free and fair elections, embedded within\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislature.ohio.gov\/legislation\/legislation-documents?id=GA134-HB-110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">HB 110<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the state operating budget bill. The three provisions, SOSCD15, AGOCD37, and SENCD2 restrict funding for election administration and voter education efforts, threaten the right to challenge unconstitutional state laws, and hurt this year\u2019s fair redistricting process. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe state operating budget is not a vehicle for lawmakers to sneak in anti-democratic provisions that threaten the constitutionally-protected right to free and fair elections,\u201d said Catherine\u00a0Turcer, Executive Director of Common Cause Ohio. \u201cWe urge Governor DeWine to commit to transparent mapmaking and line-item veto the changes in the operating budget about redistricting lawsuits because the amendment has not been properly scrutinized by experts or the public.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">SOSCD15\u00a0bans public-private partnerships to fund critical programs that strengthen election security and administration. It also prohibits elected officials from collaborating on civic and voter education strategies, commonly known as \u201cget out the vote\u201d efforts.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">In 2020, the people of Ohio benefited from investments to upgrade equipment, make polling locations accessible to disabled voters, and collaborations that led to increased civic engagement so every eligible voter could be heard on Election Day, all of which would be illegal without the Governor\u2019s veto.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">The Senate-passed version of HB 110 included problematic language pertaining to the use of private donations, gifts, and grants for election administration and voter education. Unfortunately, the conference committee report not only included the troubling Senate-passed\u00a0language but\u00a0went even further to prohibit nongovernmental entities from \u201ccollaborating\u201d with public officials for any election related activities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">The Ohio Voter Rights Coalition does significant programming with local Boards of Election and the Secretary of State\u2019s office to promote civic engagement, voter education, and ballot access \u2014 all prohibited activities under the current version of HB 110.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Its<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0member organizations regularly collaborate with election administrators, both at the local and state level. This unvetted language appears to prohibit\u00a0any and all\u00a0collaborations between nongovernmental entities and could severely limit Ohio voter\u2019s ability to cast an informed ballot.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">AGOCD37 and SENCD2 threaten the separation of powers by placing restrictions on challenges to state laws, including any unfair redistricting laws that may take place this year.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">This language poses significant separation of powers concerns by prohibiting the Attorney General from entering settlements, agreements, or consent decrees during a lawsuit challenging the validity of state law. This prohibition is an overreach by the legislature into the executive\u2019s authority as a co-equal branch of government responsible for enforcing the laws the General Assembly creates. Adding unvetted, last-minute amendments impacting redistricting litigation to the budget violates the clear mandate for transparency. To alter the process does not live up to the letter or spirit of the redistricting\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">reforms \u2014 now a part of the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ohio Constitution \u2014 that Ohio voters overwhelmingly supported in 2015 and 2018.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Voting Rights Coalition Calls on Governor to Veto Trio of Anti-Democratic Riders in Budget Bill - Common Cause Ohio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/press-releases\/voting-rights-coalition-calls-on-governor-to-veto-trio-of-anti-democratic-riders-in-budget-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Voting Rights Coalition Calls on Governor to Veto Trio of Anti-Democratic Riders in Budget Bill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/press\/voting-rights-coalition-calls-on-governor-to-veto-trio-of-anti-democratic-riders-in-budget-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Ohio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OH.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/press-releases\/voting-rights-coalition-calls-on-governor-to-veto-trio-of-anti-democratic-riders-in-budget-bill\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/press-releases\/voting-rights-coalition-calls-on-governor-to-veto-trio-of-anti-democratic-riders-in-budget-bill\/\",\"name\":\"Voting Rights Coalition Calls on Governor to Veto Trio of Anti-Democratic Riders in Budget Bill - 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