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…
The Gazette: Boards of elections, secretary of state sued over ballot rejections
Medina County, Ohio, residents are part of a federal Civil Rights lawsuit filed to protect the rights of Ohio citizens to vote on proposed citizen…
News Release: Ohio Community Members File Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit
Communities from across Ohio file a federal lawsuit against local Boards of Elections and the Ohio Secretary of State for multiple rights violations - including…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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.…
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…
The Gazette: NEXUS foes try charter again
Facing the Nexus pipeline to transport fracked gas, Medina County, OH, residents turn in petitions to place a rights-based county charter on the ballot. The…
Press Release: Ohio Communities Assert Right to Propose Laws Protecting Themselves from Fracking
Ohio counties exercise their right to protect themselves from fracking activities using community rights. Residents begin gathering signatures for county charter initiatives, aiming for the…
Pipeline foes talk protest
More than 50 people attend the Communities Rising Tour in Medina County, OH, discussing what needs to happen to protect themselves from the proposed Nexus…
Grass-roots groups prepare to dig in deeper against Nexus pipeline
The OH/PA Communities Rising Tour stops in Medina County, OH, where residents face the Nexus pipeline and are organizing using Community Rights to stop it.
Communities take action when their government fails them: Community Rights in PA/OH
Environmental activists, leaders, and residents are touring Pennsylvania and Ohio, sharing what they are doing in the face of the corporate state attempting to force…
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