Ohio Voters Have 90 Days To Stop Gov. Kasich’s Anti-Worker Bill

[cal04]

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/01/ohio-referendum/#

After weeks of flouting the state’s legislative rules to ram through an anti-union bill, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) signed the bill last night. Yet, while Kasich started this war on Ohio workers, the state’s increasingly disguntled voters have the power to end it:

Ohioans opposed to the union-neutering legislation vow to keep it from becoming law through the state’s referendum process.

Under Ohio law, opponents have 90 days from the time the governor signs the legislation to collect 231,149 signatures to get a referendum on the November ballot.

If they collect enough valid signatures from 44 Ohio counties within that time frame, the law wouldn’t go into effect until voters approved as much, assuming it won a majority of the vote in November, which now seems like a pretty big assumption.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

1. They'll Get Those Signatures With Ease

The Unions have all promised to mobilize their people State-wide in order to get the signatures, and 77% of Ohioans oppose this P.O.S. bill (law now). Once the signatures are gathered, the law will be stayed until it is voted on in November, at which time the 77% who oppose it will all show up and smack down this garbage legislation with authority. What a colossal waste of time, Republicans. Where are those jobs you promised, by the way?

[ChoppinBroccoli]

7. Oh Yeah, I Forgot This

We "only" need to get roughly 230,000 signatures, but we better not STOP gathering signatures until we've got close to a cool million. Ohio's new Republican Secretary of State is going to use all of the power he has and all of the resources at his disposal to invalidate as many of those signatures as possible. Even in the BEST of scenarios, you can count on losing several thousand signatures just based on innocent errors. But when you've got a partisan hack reading them with the GOAL of invalidating them............... Well, we better overkill this one to death, is what I'm saying.

[rucky]

2. Hot damn! Where do I sign?

[jwirr]

3. Go Ohio.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Do you suppose I'm still on the Ohio voter rolls from 1977? I'd love to sign it.

[gholtron]

5. The one time I wish I can be a voting resident of both Ohio and Wisconsin

If only there were two of me.

[EnviroBat]

6. Anyone have a link to the signature site?

I can't wait to sign my name!

[ChoppinBroccoli]

8. No Site Exists Yet..........

........but here's a pretty good outline of everything that needs to happen. There's still a lot to be done before we can start collecting signatures.

http://www.progressohio.org/blog/2011/04/sb-5-referendum-the-facts-and-the-laws.html

[rucky]

9. kick

[proud patriot]

10. K and R