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Feb 13, 2018

Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dennis Kucinich supports Community Rights state constitutional amendment

Columbus Free Press covers Ohio’s Dennis Kucinich and his support for a Community Rights state constitutional amendment.

Feb 3, 2018

Columbus Free Press: Overturning Ohio HB 463 – Dismantling a corporate state and building something new

CELDF stands by Ohio residents. Together, the people succeeded in overturning unjust law, and today they are ramping up their efforts to advance democratic and environmental rights across the state.

Jan 19, 2018

Urgent Ohio Democracy Alert from the OHCRN

With House Joint Resolution 5 (HJR5), the Ohio legislature is sabotaging the people’s democratic rights.

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Jan 11, 2018

$The Athens News: City Council commits to codifying citizen-OKed laws, including anti-fracking, pot de-penalization$

The Athens News: City Council commits to codifying citizen-OKed laws, including anti-fracking, pot de-penalization

Protecting water means enforcing their Community Bill of Rights fracking ban, says Athens, OH, residents. The rights-based law was adopted overwhelmingly by residents in 2014.

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Dec 7, 2017

The New Political: Here’s how the Ohio Community Rights Network is reforming the Ohio Constitution

CELDF, the Ohio Community Rights Network, and Athens County, OH, residents are partnering together to advance democratic and environmental rights to all Ohio residents.

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Dec 7, 2017

Press Release: Ohio Ballot Board Approves Community Rights State Constitutional Amendments

Two Community Rights state constitutional amendments advance in Ohio, meeting Ballot Board requirements for single subject. Residents are launching their signature gathering campaign.

Nov 29, 2017

US News: Ohio Activists Push Amendments to Restore Community Rights

Communities across the country are rising up as corporate threats grow – including Ohio, where residents are advancing rights-based state constitutional amendments elevating Community Rights over corporate “rights.”

Nov 28, 2017

The Athens News: Rights groups hope to achieve goals by altering state law

Coming up against state preemption and corporate “rights,” Ohio residents say “no more!” They are working with CELDF to advance two state constitutional amendments that protect community and nature’s rights.

Nov 28, 2017

Cleveland.com: Ohio local governance amendments certified by Attorney General Mike DeWine

Ohio residents meet first hurdle in advancing two rights-based state constitutional amendments, drafted with CELDF and the Ohio Community Rights Network.

Nov 22, 2017

Belt Magazine: Big Ag vs. Lake Erie: How Ohio’s Biggest Industry Threatens Its Greatest Resource

Growing algae in Lake Erie is driving Toledo, OH, residents to advance a Community Bill of Rights initiative, which would protect the Lake, recognizing its right to exist and flourish.

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Nov 17, 2017

Press Release: Ohio Residents Fight for Rights: Submit State Constitutional Amendments to Guarantee Right to Local Self-Government

Today, residents take action to protect democratic and environmental rights in Ohio, submitting two state constitutional amendments to the Ohio Attorney General.

Nov 11, 2017

The Post: Charter proponents protest outside board of elections

Community Rights activists speak out against Medina County’s BOE blocking a proposed county charter citizen initiative. Residents gathered 17,000 signatures to place the measure on the November ballot.

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Nov 7, 2017

Sentinel-Tribune: Mayor offers impromptu remarks on Nexus, charter amendment

Students fight for right to a livable climate in Bowling Green, OH, advancing a charter amendment measure to protect the City from the Nexus pipeline.

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Nov 7, 2017

Press Release: Youngstown Residents Circulating Petitions for Water Protection Law

Youngstown, OH, residents make their comeback, gathering signatures on election day for their Community Rights charter amendment protecting their water.

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Oct 31, 2017

Sentinel-Tribune: Nexus is the only ‘special interest’ in charter fight

Attorney Terry Lodge blasts Bowling Green, OH, City Council for refusing to protect the community from the Nexus pipeline threatening the City. Residents are voting next week on their rights-based charter amendment banning the pipeline.

Press Release: Bowling Green Residents Tip OH Supreme Court in their Favor, Win Fight for Right to Vote

Bowling Green residents declare victory! Their right to vote affirmed in Ohio Supreme Court as the first-in-the-state Right to Climate initiative goes on the November ballot.

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Oct 19, 2017

Sentinel-Tribune: Ohio Supreme Court denies effort to keep BG charter amendment off ballot

The people prevail! An attempt to keep Bowling Green, OH, residents from voting on their Right to Climate ballot initiative falls flat before the Ohio Supreme Court.

Oct 18, 2017

Desmog: Fossil Fuel Misinformation Helps Quash Community Effort to Ban Fracking in Youngstown, Ohio

The oil and gas industry, Ohio legislators, and the Ohio Supreme Court strip Youngstown residents of their right to vote. Their response: “Onward!”

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Oct 6, 2017

Press Release: Split Decision in Ohio Supreme Court for Youngstown Ballot Initiatives

In a 4-3 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court denies Youngstown residents the right to vote. Residents vow they are not surrendering their rights.

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Sep 26, 2017

BG Independent News: Two sides at odds over proposed BG charter amendment

Community rights proponents in Bowling Green, OH, work to protect themselves from harmful fossil fuel projects through a rights-based charter amendment.

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Sep 25, 2017

$The Athens News: High Court shoots down third local anti-fracking charter$

The Athens News: High Court shoots down third local anti-fracking charter

When county residents in Ohio seek to reform their government, that very government blocks them. At stake: communities’ clean air and water, and their right to local community self-government.

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Sep 24, 2017

Desmog: Ohio Communities Face ‘Voter Suppression’ in Push to Rein in Oil and Gas Development

What’s going on in Ohio? Voter suppression in the form of blocking rights-based citizen initiatives from the ballot for a vote. Who’s behind it? The oil and gas industry and their allies.

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Sep 21, 2017

Press Release: People’s Constitutional Right to Form Charter Government Stricken by Ohio Supreme Court

The Ohio Supreme Court places insurmountable requirements on county charter initiatives. For three years, counties have attempted to protect themselves from fracking through advancing rights-based charter initiatives.

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Sep 14, 2017

BG Independent News: Anti-pipeline charter amendment now in limbo

The people’s right to vote on a right to climate charter amendment in Bowling Green, OH, is challenged by one resident.

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Sep 7, 2017

BG Independent News: Pipeline petition cleared to appear on BG ballot

The Wood County, OH, Board of Elections supports Bowling Green residents’ right to vote, placing the people’s right to climate initiative on the November ballot.

Sep 7, 2017

Press Release: Bowling Green Residents Have More Right to Initiative than Youngstown Residents?

The Board of Elections denies Youngstown, OH, residents their inalienable right to vote on their own citizen initiatives. Residents are challenging the stripping of their rights.

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Sep 6, 2017

Sentinel-Tribune: Bowling Green charter amendment will appear on November ballot

Bowling Green, OH, residents’ community rights citizen initiative to codify a right to climate advances to the November ballot.

Aug 22, 2017

The Thom Hartmann Program: We Don’t Just Have a Fracking Problem, We Have A Democracy Problem!

CELDF’s Tish O’Dell is on the Thom Hartmann Program, exploring why we don’t have a fracking problem – but instead a democracy problem.

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Aug 22, 2017

Press Release: Ohio Residents Take Fight for Right to Vote to Ohio Supreme Court

Boards of Elections use new found authority to block citizen initiatives off the ballot in Athens and Medina Counties in Ohio. CELDF is assisting residents to fight back, taking it to the Ohio Supreme Court.

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Aug 18, 2017

BG Independent News: Pipeline petition passes signature test …. but more obstacles remain

Bowling Green residents and students who submitted petitions to place a Right to Climate charter amendment on the November ballot may face efforts to block their measure.

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Aug 18, 2017

Columbus Free Press: Corporate State Says Democracy is Too Expensive

While the oil and gas industry declares democracy is “too expensive,” CELDF’s Tish O’Dell looks at the bigger picture, including the cost of the corporate state.

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Aug 13, 2017

Vindy.com: LTE: Outside money suppresses voice of people in Y’town; the time has come to act

A Youngstown, OH, residents calls for support of the People’s Bill of Rights for Fair Elections and Access to Local Government. The initiative creates non-partisan elections, stops outside influence on elections, and other groundbreaking requirements.

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Aug 11, 2017

Akron Beacon Journal: LTE: Fallout from the oil and gas industry

A Medina Co, OH, resident invites elected officials to see what’s happening in Carroll and Noble Counties, where residents suffer harms from fossil fuel projects marring the countryside.

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Aug 11, 2017

Vindy.com: Fracking issue in Youngstown could ignite fight in the courts

Gas industry allies in the Ohio legislature adopted a law authorizing BOEs and the Secretary of State to keep measures off the ballot based on content. The new law may be used in an attempt to keep 2 Youngstown community rights measures off the ballot.

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Aug 8, 2017

In These Times Rural America: Youngstown Residents Push to Oust Corporations from Election Campaigns, Cap Contributions at $100

Youngstown, OH, residents work to ban corporations from elections and cap campaign spending to level the playing field.

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Aug 8, 2017

Vindy.com: Committee turns in petitions for elections charter amendment

Youngstown residents submit a petition for the November ballot that would remove corporations from elections, and cap campaign contributions.

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Aug 7, 2017

Press Release: Citizen Initiative Removes Corporations from Election Campaigns, Caps Campaign Contributions

Youngstown, OH, residents submit petitions to place a fair elections initiative on the November ballot. The measure includes removing corporations from campaigns.

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Aug 5, 2017

The Athens News: Let the people of Athens County have a vote on county charter

A resident and attorney in Athens County, OH, urges support for the county charter initiative advanced by community members to protect the county from fracking.

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Aug 2, 2017

$The Athens News: Anti-fracking group protests rejection of county charter$

The Athens News: Anti-fracking group protests rejection of county charter

For a third year, Athens County, OH, residents battle efforts to keep them from voting on their qualified charter initiative. The measure bans fracking activities as a violation of rights.

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Jul 31, 2017

BG Independent News: BG charter amendment group submits ballot initiative

Facing the proposed Nexus pipeline and determined to protect their community’s water, Bowling Green, OH, residents turn in signatures for their community rights initiative.

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Jul 27, 2017

The Athens News: Judge rules charter petition had enough signatures after all

For a 3rd year, Athens County, OH, residents fight to protect themselves from fracking activities through a rights-based Home Rule charter. They continue to come up against the corporate state blocking them.

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Jul 22, 2017

Akron Beacon Journal: Pipeline opponents gagged in Medina County

Medina, OH, resident lays out the gagging of democratic rights by county government when residents advanced a measure to protect themselves from the Nexus pipeline and compressor station – and the harms that will come with those projects.

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Jul 21, 2017

BG Independent News: Petition aimed at prioritizing people over pipelines

Bowling Green, OH, residents prepare to submit signatures to place a community rights ballot initiative before voters for November. The measure bans the Nexus pipeline as a violation of rights.

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Jul 18, 2017

The Gazette: Judge rejects county charter complaint

The right of Medina Co., OH, residents to alter their government through citizen initiative is denied by a Common Pleas judge. Residents are considering next steps.

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Jul 14, 2017

The Gazette: Board’s charter decision an insult to democracy

Medina County, OH, resident calls out the County Board of Elections for their refusal to let the people vote on their qualified county charter initiative. The measure secures democratic and environmental rights, and bans fracking infrastructure.

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Jul 13, 2017

The Blade: Toledoans can band together to protect Lake Erie

Toledo resident calls out local government’s lack of meaningful response to protect Lake Erie, and calls in the broader community to participate in direct democracy in advancing community rights – including rights for Lake Erie.

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Jul 11, 2017

The Gazette: Elections board doesn’t certify county charter petitions

Medina County, OH, residents find the Board of Elections blocking their initiative to establish a Home Rule charter, refusing to allow citizens to vote on their own measure.

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Jul 11, 2017

Press Release: Athens and Medina Boards of Elections Spark Uproar, Refuse the People’s Initiatives

Ohio county Boards of Elections block Home Rule charter citizen initiatives from the ballot, raising frustration in Athens and Medina County residents. The rights-based measures banned fracking activities as a violation of rights.

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Jul 9, 2017

Akron Beacon Journal: Petition decision is important

On Monday, the Medina County, OH, Board of Elections is meeting to certify residents’ petition for a Home Rule county charter measure on the ballot. This Medina resident urges citizens to attend and insist on their right to vote on the people’s initiative.

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Jul 9, 2017

Akron Beacon Journal: Myths about the Nexus pipeline

A resident of Medina County spells out what the problem is with the Nexus pipeline threatening to cut through the county – and what residents can do about it through a rights-based county charter.

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Book: ‘Death by Democracy’

CELDF's Proposed Rights of Nature Principles

2023 Year-end Newsletter: Living with Nature

Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dennis Kucinich supports Community Rights state constitutional amendment

Columbus Free Press: Overturning Ohio HB 463 – Dismantling a corporate state and building something new

Urgent Ohio Democracy Alert from the OHCRN

The Athens News: City Council commits to codifying citizen-OKed laws, including anti-fracking, pot de-penalization

The New Political: Here’s how the Ohio Community Rights Network is reforming the Ohio Constitution

Press Release: Ohio Ballot Board Approves Community Rights State Constitutional Amendments

US News: Ohio Activists Push Amendments to Restore Community Rights

The Athens News: Rights groups hope to achieve goals by altering state law

Cleveland.com: Ohio local governance amendments certified by Attorney General Mike DeWine

Belt Magazine: Big Ag vs. Lake Erie: How Ohio’s Biggest Industry Threatens Its Greatest Resource

Press Release: Ohio Residents Fight for Rights: Submit State Constitutional Amendments to Guarantee Right to Local Self-Government

The Post: Charter proponents protest outside board of elections

Sentinel-Tribune: Mayor offers impromptu remarks on Nexus, charter amendment

Press Release: Youngstown Residents Circulating Petitions for Water Protection Law

Sentinel-Tribune: Nexus is the only ‘special interest’ in charter fight

Press Release: Bowling Green Residents Tip OH Supreme Court in their Favor, Win Fight for Right to Vote

Sentinel-Tribune: Ohio Supreme Court denies effort to keep BG charter amendment off ballot

Desmog: Fossil Fuel Misinformation Helps Quash Community Effort to Ban Fracking in Youngstown, Ohio

Press Release: Split Decision in Ohio Supreme Court for Youngstown Ballot Initiatives

BG Independent News: Two sides at odds over proposed BG charter amendment

The Athens News: High Court shoots down third local anti-fracking charter

Desmog: Ohio Communities Face ‘Voter Suppression’ in Push to Rein in Oil and Gas Development

Press Release: People’s Constitutional Right to Form Charter Government Stricken by Ohio Supreme Court

BG Independent News: Anti-pipeline charter amendment now in limbo

BG Independent News: Pipeline petition cleared to appear on BG ballot

Press Release: Bowling Green Residents Have More Right to Initiative than Youngstown Residents?

Sentinel-Tribune: Bowling Green charter amendment will appear on November ballot

The Thom Hartmann Program: We Don’t Just Have a Fracking Problem, We Have A Democracy Problem!

Press Release: Ohio Residents Take Fight for Right to Vote to Ohio Supreme Court

BG Independent News: Pipeline petition passes signature test …. but more obstacles remain

Columbus Free Press: Corporate State Says Democracy is Too Expensive

Vindy.com: LTE: Outside money suppresses voice of people in Y’town; the time has come to act

Akron Beacon Journal: LTE: Fallout from the oil and gas industry

Vindy.com: Fracking issue in Youngstown could ignite fight in the courts

In These Times Rural America: Youngstown Residents Push to Oust Corporations from Election Campaigns, Cap Contributions at $100

Vindy.com: Committee turns in petitions for elections charter amendment

Press Release: Citizen Initiative Removes Corporations from Election Campaigns, Caps Campaign Contributions

The Athens News: Let the people of Athens County have a vote on county charter

The Athens News: Anti-fracking group protests rejection of county charter

BG Independent News: BG charter amendment group submits ballot initiative

The Athens News: Judge rules charter petition had enough signatures after all

Akron Beacon Journal: Pipeline opponents gagged in Medina County

BG Independent News: Petition aimed at prioritizing people over pipelines

The Gazette: Judge rejects county charter complaint

The Gazette: Board’s charter decision an insult to democracy

The Blade: Toledoans can band together to protect Lake Erie

The Gazette: Elections board doesn’t certify county charter petitions

Press Release: Athens and Medina Boards of Elections Spark Uproar, Refuse the People’s Initiatives

Akron Beacon Journal: Petition decision is important

Akron Beacon Journal: Myths about the Nexus pipeline

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