Members of OHCRN have called on Ohio’s Attorney General, Dave Yost, to open an investigation into the violation of Ohio law and the criminal actions…
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…
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…
WOUB Athens, OH – Interview with CELDF’s Tish O’Dell
CELDF's Tish O'Dell interviewed on WOUB radio on Community Rights for Social Justice Workshop: Growing Roots and Rights. Myriad issues share a common root problem:…
The Athens Messenger: Supreme Court says no to Athens County charter proposal
The Ohio Supreme Court refuses to place Athens, Meigs, and Portage Counties' rights-based Charters on the November ballot. County residents are working to protect their…
The Athens News: Ohio Supreme Court receives arguments over charter proposal
Three Ohio counties submit their case to the Ohio Supreme Court: the right to local community self-government is protected in federal and state constitutions, and…
The Athens Messenger: Charter supporters ask Ohio Supreme Court to change its prior ruling
Athens, Meigs, and Portage County, OH, residents make their case for their constitutional right to vote on qualified County Charter initiatives this fall. The measures…
Press Release: Athens County Residents Fight for Right to Initiative
Athens County, OH, residents worked with CELDF to file a protest today against their Board of Elections. The Board blocked their qualified County Charter initiative…
OHCRN Statement: County Boards of Elections Attempt to Stifle Democracy: Meigs, Athens and Medina Counties
Efforts in Ohio by local Boards of Elections to block rights-based County Charter initiatives banning fracking fail to disempower We the People.
Government and Corporations Collude Against the People: Ohio Is a Corporate State
Ohio government officials, both locally and at the state level, use oil and gas industry law firms in an attempt to keep the people's ballot…
Ohio SOS in hot water over dismissing unconventional oil & gas ballot proposals
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has been sued by 10 residents of Fulton, Medina and Athens counties after he invalidated hydraulic fracturing ballot proposals.…
Fracking Fight Heats Up In Ohio
With the oil and gas industry already reveling in a recent Ohio Supreme Court decision stripping local control on fracking and other extraction activities away…
Lawsuit filed against Jon Husted over Medina County charter ballot issue
A Medina County environmental organization Wednesday sued Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted after he threw out a fall ballot issue last week that would…
Local groups sue Husted over invalidating Nov. 3 charter initiatives in Medina, Fulton and Athens counties
Residents of Medina, Fulton and Athens counties filed a lawsuit against Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted this week for blocking local votes on county…
Husted nixes charter proposal
Fulton County residents will not vote on a charter government Nov. 3 because the submitted proposal flies in the face of state law, according to…
Ohio groups unhappy with Husted decision on charter votes
COLUMBUS, OH: The Ohio Secretary of State, Jon Husted, declared that the citizens of Medina, Fulton, and Athens Counties may not vote on their own…
Groups to seek Ohio constitutional change on community rights
Grass-roots groups in Medina and two other counties intend to keep fighting Ohio’s gas-and-oil industry, after Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted invalidated ballot proposals…
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