Even though it is your right to decide when you want to vote, millions of Ohioans have been removed/purged – or are scheduled to be removed/purged – from voter registration files at local county boards of elections because of inactivity due to moving or haven’t cast a ballot for six consecutive years and have not responded to a mailer to update their registration. Millions of Ohioans have been removed/purged from the voter files since 2009. You should make it a habit to check your voter registration before every voter registration deadline and before every election.

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The Ohio legislature, with a Republican supermajority, passed Senate Bill 293, another unnecessary and harmful election law that hurts Ohio voters. This bill will invalid thousands of valid absentee/mail-in ballots mailed on time from eligible Ohio voters — absentee/mail-in ballots previously had a four day grace period as long as the ballot envelope was postmarked by the Monday before Election Day and are counted as long as the ballot arrives within four days after Election Day. Worse, at the last minute lawmakers threw in parts of SB 153 to make voter registration and election administration more onerous. In the meantime, the ACLU and other voter rights organizations have filed a lawsuit to overturn SB293.

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Dr. Amy Acton as tapped David Pepper, the former chair of the Ohio Democratic Party, as her running mate in the 2026 governor race. Pepper is well-known in Ohio politics, and one of the reasons is his outspoken nature. His Twitter/X account boasts nearly 110,000 followers, has written several books about democracy and has been featured as a political commentator/guest on CNN and MSNBC/MSNow many times. In addition, he has been an essential political donor to Democratic causes.

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Unclaimed Funds include old bank accounts, forgotten rent or utility deposits, uncashed checks, unused insurance policies, and more. Any funds available to county parties have been deposited into Ohio Unclaimed Funds – including funds from the Ohio Political Party Fund that were collected by the Ohio Department of Taxation up to 2020. Check to ensure your county party, your family, friends and neighbors don’t have any unclaimed funds before the Haslams get the funds for a new stadium. This is YOUR money!

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