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We are Ohio's coalition of voter advocates dedicated to ensuring that our elections are modern, secure and accessible to all Ohioans. The Ohio Voter Rights Coalition believes our democracy is strongest when it includes us all. When voters have access to the ballot and make our voices heard, we create a democracy that is more just, equitable, inclusive, and reflective of the values we want to see in the world.
2024 Fall Election Protection Trainings
Open Office Hours: For all your questions or just to say hi! We will be here every Friday from 1-2pm starting October 11 through Election Day. Join here!
Poll Monitors
Poll Monitors support voters at the polls in-person, answering questions but also connecting voters denied the ballot to legal resources. This is a great way to directly assist voters and be our eyes and ears at the polls, making sure every valid registered voter gets to exercise their rights.
Ukrainian Vision of Peace
When bloodshed of inhuman war is ceased,
And peace endure.
So says the last poem written by Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko; he desired to end the first world war, but didn't lived to see the Peace of Versailles. If he would, he might be disappointed by short-sighted plans of peaceful life written by victors who never seriously considered life without wars and because of that failed to build sustainable peace.
Of course, in most places, most of the time, people always live in peace, because peace is the need and natural right of every person and every community, including the people of Ukraine. Restraint, truth and love, good trusting relations for centuries and millennia allowed people to live peacefully on the common planet Earth and in each of its countries, including Ukraine.
Peace, rooted in every particle of existence, always surrounds us. Even when we don't notice it. Even when injustice and evil far or near disturb us, cause pain and loss.
How Positive Tipping Points Change the Climate Story
Monday, September 23, at 12pm US Eastern Time
When we talk about climate change, we often talk about negative tipping points — irreversible devastation that can set off or accelerate the destruction of ecological systems. But there’s another side of the story: positive tipping points. In this one-hour Covering Climate Now press briefing, experts will explain a new report, authored by panelist Professor Tim Lenton, that will be released on Monday, September 23.
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Unite for Springfield
Over the past weeks, we have seen violence that’s been incited by harmful political rhetoric. The words of people with power have real impact on our lives. The people of Springfield, Ohio - our neighbors - have experienced these consequences in profound and frightening ways.
Your voice, your prayers, and your presence are a powerful way to counteract the violence. Please join us this weekend for a Zoom Live event to stand in solidarity with the Springfield community as we reject fear and choose love.
Palestine - Peace: what is our role?
On September 21 (international Peace day), we are hosting a Third Space at Old First Presbyterian Church
1101 Bryden Road 43205
7 pm
Discussion and jam session.
Speakers will include two Presbyterians Mary Grace B. (Chair of commission on Justice) and Ricky N. (Muskingum College), who are planning a November trip to Palestine and Muna Al Aseer, one of our board members.
Watch Vigilantes Inc.: America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen by Greg Palast
The 2024 election is in danger: 40,000 self-proclaimed vigilante vote-fraud hunters have already challenged the rights of 851,000 voters of color. In Vigilantes Inc.: America’s New Vote Suppression Hitmen, investigative reporter Greg Palast hunts down the MAGA vigilantes who are coming for your vote!
Watch here: https://www.gregpalast.com/vigilantes-inc-free-download/
Ditch your Tesla for an Accordion Bus? The future of Columbus transit is on the November ballot with LinkUS
The City of Columbus, the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA), and the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC), as some would argue, are making a $6 billion dollar bet on the LinkUS November 5 levy vote. More specifically, that dudes are going to give up their monster trucks or Dodge Chargers for “BRTs” or Bus Rapid Transit. While others are going to relinquish their Audis, Mercedes and Tesla’s, even as the numbers of these luxury cars are increasing on Columbus freeways and streets.
Ditching your ride for a bicycle and a bus will not apply to everyone, insists COTA spokesperson Jeff Pullin, but they’re hoping many Columbus residents get on board and leave their car in the garage or forgo a car altogether.
“We are not asking everybody to give up their car, but we know there are people out there, especially people who are younger, who are not really wanting to take on that cost of the car. It costs upward to $600 to $700 a month to have a car in some cases,” he said to the Free Press.
Let's Talk Transit: A Happy Hour Discussion
September 17 - 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Taft's Brewpourium, 440 W Broad St, Columbus, OH
Transit Columbus is hosting a series of happy hour panel discussions with city and COTA leadership to dig deeper into upcoming transit and mobility initiatives and what they mean for residents of central Ohio.
Say NO to Gas Suffocation Executions!
We have over 20,000 signers on our petition against gas suffocation executions, but so far as we can tell, you are not one of them. Please click here to add your name!