Ohio needs 231,149 VALID Signatures to place a referendum of SB5 on the ballot

[mod mom]

Help Repeal Senate Bill 5!

Republican Legislators have passed Senate Bill 5 and Governor Kasich has signed the bill. A coalition of labor and ally organizations have already begun a referendum process which will prevent this legislation from taking effect and place the issue on the November 2011 ballot for a vote of the citizens of Ohio. Here is some information on the referendum process:

231,149 – Signatures needed to place a referendum of the law on the ballot.
1,000 – Number of signatures needed for petition language to be approved by the Attorney General and Secretary of State, before additional petitions can be circulated.
44 – Minimum number of different counties where the petition signatures need to be collected.
April 6, 2011 – Last day for the law to be passed and filed with the Secretary of State in order to be placed on the Nov 2011 ballot, rather than the Nov 2012 ballot.
July 5, 2011 – Final date for signatures if SB 5 is signed and filed with the Secretary of State by April 6.
July 26, 2011 – Final day by which the Secretary of State must determine if there are enough valid signatures to place the referendum on the ballot.
91 – If no referendum petition is filed, SB 5 goes into effect 91 days after it was signed and filed with the SOS. If a referendum is filed, the law does not go into effect until and unless Ohioans vote to allow the bill to become law.
5 – Number of members on the Ohio Ballot Board who determine ballot language once the referendum petition is accepted. The Board includes the SOS, one R and one D from the House, one R and one D from the Senate.



Please sign up by entering your information below and indicating how you can help!

http://progressohio.pnstate.org/site/Survey?SURVEY_ID=5961&ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS

[liberal N proud]

1. K&R

[Oceansaway]

2. K&R...n/t

[highplainsdem]

3. K&R

[madmom]

4. K&R

[WillyT]

5. K & R !!!

:kick:

[Snoutport]

6. And where can we send a check?!

Some of us very blue states might have to chip in on this one!

[mod mom]

7. I recommend ProgressOhio link here:

https://secure3.convio.net/pn/site/Donation2?df_id=2100&2100.donation=form1&JServSessionIdr004=zhyg4zb441.app333b Progress Ohio is a really good organization!

You can also donate at the Ohio Democratic Party, but I REFUSE since they attacked former SOS Jennifer Brunner (an excellent progressive Dem who cleaned up Blackwell's election mess only to be rewarded with an obvious lying smear attack on the eve of the primary for US senate. Yes, they attacked a fellow Democrat! The ODP & elites backed a corporate Dem who couldn't even muster 40% in a race with a Bush appointee)