Do you want to help our excellent candidates, Joel Newby in Congressional District 15, Allison Russo in Ohio House District 24, Crystal Lett in State Senate District 16, and Supreme Court Justice candidate, Judge Jennifer Brunner?

For the month of August, UAPA will match the first $1,000 donated to each of these candidates. Donate any amount and it will be doubled. Use the ActBlue secure donation sites below for:

Buckeye State Rural is a grassroots 527 PAC that grew out of an Indivisible group in Ohio Congressional District 15 (CD15). They have a completely volunteer board and raise money to place billboards on commuter routes in the 11 rural counties of CD15.

In 2015 and 2018, more than 70% of Ohioans amended Ohio’s Constitution to reform the rules used to create state and Congressional districts. Next year, after the Census, we will finally implement these rules to draw the districts which will be used for the next 10 years! Join UAPA for a presentation on how the new rules will work and what we need to do to ensure that districts are fairly drawn.

Presenters:

Professor Richard Gunther, who was involved in the negotiations that led to the Ohio reforms

Primary day is Tuesday, May 8th.

Make your voice heard!

Thanks to all for your orders for Issue 1 yard signs. We are no longer distributing them through UAPA, but you still may be able to snag one from the Fair Districts/Common Cause office (35 E Gay St., Rm 404).

And thanks for supporting Issue 1! Make sure you get everyone you know to the polls on May 8th to ensure its passage.

Get your Issue 1 sign delivered this week. Show your support for "killing the gerrymander" in Ohio. Signs are FREE. Order NOW!

Kathleen Clyde for Secretary of State

Steve Dettelbach for Attorney General

Rob Richardson for Treasurer

Zack Space for Auditor

Redistricting Reform Bill Passed the Senate February 5, 2018! Goes on the May Ballot if House Approves.

From Fair Districts=Fair Elections Coalition:

Tonight, the Ohio Senate (31-0) passed a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution that meets the standards our Fair Districts = Fair Elections coalition have demanded from any congressional redistricting reform proposal. We have demanded that: