Urgent Action Voting Rights

[howard.tolley]

A voter suppression provision in the transportation bill adopted by the General Assembly awaiting the governor's signature requires that any out of state college student seeking to vote in Ohio obtain an Ohio Driver's license, and re-register any car to obtain Ohio plates.  An estimated 116,000 students could lose their right to vote in Ohio unless they pay up to $75 in new fees.  Go online to http://ohiovrc.blogspot.com/?key=6709 to sign the following petition urging the governor to exercise a line item veto.

Governor Kasich: Please Veto the provision in House Bill 53 limiting the voting rights of college students

The Ohio Senate inserted a harmful provision in the state transportation budget H.B. 53 that places unnecessary barriers to voting. Please line-item veto R.C. § 4503.111 and § 4507.213 to ensure young people continue to have a voice at the ballot box.

The form to submit directly to the governor is at http://governor.ohio.gov/ShareYourIdeas.aspx  and the phone is (614) 466-3555

Further information:
"It’s hard to believe ... this is not an effort to discourage students from voting,” said the president of the Ohio League of Women Voters.* An attack on Ohio voting rights was woven into the transportation budget bill and is on its way  to Gov Kasich,  but he could line item veto the part that will suppress the vote of students, if enough of us let him know how wrong (and unpopular!) this is.  One petition is at https://www.facebook.com/events/824625364298946/   For one stop action:  the Ohio Voter Rights Coalition has a very convenient info and action page with both a  moveon petition to sign and a link right under that for phone calls: http://ohiovrc.blogspot.com/?key=6709  Please share this post or links within  with other Ohioans ! Read more details  at http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/03/23/student_voting_changes.html ; it is also source of quote* above.