Mahoning County BOE blocks qualified citizen initiatives from the ballot in Youngstown, while Wood County BOE advances a similar measure in Bowling Green A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from September 7, 2017. YOUNGSTOWN, OH: Yesterday marks the first time a Board of Elections has stopped residents of a chartered municipality from [...]
Citizens challenge HB463 as officials use it to block county charter initiatives banning fracking A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from August 22, 2017. Broadview Heights, OH: Athens and Medina County, OH, residents, are taking their right to vote on initiatives creating county charters to the Ohio Supreme Court. County Boards of [...]
This article by Tish O'Dell originally appeared in the Columbus Free Press, August 18, 2017. In several “news” articles posted over the past few weeks, oil and gas industry and their allies argue that a local Community Bill of Rights ballot initiative submitted by Youngstown voters is “too expensive” for the community. MORE...
This letter to the editor by Diane St. Germain originally appeared on Fosters.com, August 9, 2017. The right to vote in New Hampshire is being challenged. Our right to clean and fair elections is eroding. MORE...
Youngstown residents submit signatures for their Community Rights Fair Elections Initiative A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from August 7, 2017. Today, a long-standing community rights group in Youngstown, OH, submitted over 1,900 signatures to qualify their Youngstown Fair Election Bill of Rights initiative for the November ballot. The measure is the [...]
Athens and Medina County residents vow to continue fighting for right to initiative, right to ban fracking A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from July 11, 2017. Broadview Heights, OH: Last week, Athens and Medina County residents submitted petitions to place community rights county charter initiatives on the November ballot, well [...]
This original letter to the editor by Susan Ozkan appeared in The Laconia Daily Sun, June 29, 2017. To The Daily Sun, The recent political divisiveness in our country has had in some ways a powerful and positive impact on our citizens. It has raised awareness regarding critical issues including but not limited to religious, racial and gender discrimination, [...]
This original letter to the editor by Peter A. White appeared in, Fosters.Com on June 16, 2017 When USA Springs bought land in Nottingham and Barrington about 15 years ago they were planning on extracting millions of gallons of drinking water from our bedrock aquifer. Despite widespread public opposition and environmental concerns, the state issued all [...]
Lincoln County passes a ballot measure banning the aerial spraying of pesticides This original article by Meerah Powell appeared in the, EugeneWeekly.Com on June 15, 2017 On May 30, Lincoln County passed ballot measure 21-177, a measure banning the aerial spraying of pesticides, making it the first county in the nation to do so. A [...]
This original editorial by John C. Lamb appeared in the, Daily Camera on June 8, 2017 Lafayette Mayor Christine Berg was not "an overseer of Lafayette's Climate Bill of Rights and Protections" as was printed in the Camera. In fact, she led the way for the Lafayette City Council to gut the bill and pass [...]