We’re on a mission to end gerrymandering and restore fairness to our elections and democracy. Because every American should have an equal say in our government.
Nov 16, 2021 • 41 tweets • 9 min read
As our press conference wraps up, we’re going live here in the Senate Local Elections Committee as they hear the proposed gerrymander map from Senator McColley.
Chair Gavarone is noting that the committee will take a recess at 11:40 for Rules and Reference Committee.
Chair Gavarone is again instituting a five minute testimony rule. This is simply not enough time to testify fully about the proposed map.
Nov 10, 2021 • 87 tweets • 18 min read
‼️HAPPENING SOON
The 8am hearing of the House Government Oversight Committee with a *room change* to 114.
We also got warned by a Statehouse trooper that the statehouse doesn’t technically open until 8am. Perhaps someone should’ve told that to the House GOR committee?
At today's hearing we will not only hear testimony on HB479 (the GOP proposed map), but also on the House Dems' proposed map (HB483).
Nov 9, 2021 • 50 tweets • 10 min read
🗣️ HAPPENING SOON
The Senate LocaL Gov't and Elections Committee's 3rd hearing on SB237 (Dem map proposal) and SB258 (GOP map proposal) starts at 9:30am.
We'll thread live updates from the hearing room - stay tuned!
There is no one here to testify in person on SB237 (there is written testimony, though), so we are moving to in-person testimony on SB258.
Nov 8, 2021 • 28 tweets • 5 min read
‼️ HAPPENING NOW
The Senate Local Gov't and Elections hearing on both GOP- and Dem-proposed congressional maps.
This is the third hearing on each of the maps.
Like last week, Chairwoman Gavarone is allowing each witness just 5 minutes to testify and all witnesses must submit their witness slips at least 24 hours in advance in order to testify.
Nov 8, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
There's been a lot of movement in our congressional process recently, so check out this 🧵 with important calls to action and upcoming events.
Call committee members and demand they vote NO on GOP-proposed maps ➡️ bit.ly/votenoonthegop…
Next up - join us ✨tonight✨ for our monthly volunteer meeting at 7pm!
We've got A LOT to update you on and want to make sure you're all prepped for this week's hearings.
The Redistricting Commission is reportedly going to come back from recess at 8pm to vote on the final state legislative maps.
We'll keep you posted as this develops, but for now we just want them to #ShowUsTheMaps.
The Commission has recessed until 9pm.
Sep 15, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
🗣️ HAPPENING SOON...maybe?
The Redistricting Commission is meeting at 10:30am, but we're hearing they might gavel in and then immediately recess.
Stay tuned for more info!
Speaker Cupp gavels the Commission to order.
All 7 Commissioners are present today.
Sep 15, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Happy State Legislative Map Deadline Day, Ohio!
With just a few days’ notice, so many of our dedicated AOTL Ohio volunteers attended our 3 hearings to demand #FairMaps and are featured in this article’s run down.
“We are not picking between a fair process and a fair map. We voted for both, not one or the other.”
Sep 14, 2021 • 67 tweets • 17 min read
🗣️ HAPPENING SOON
The final public input hearing on the state legislative maps that will impact our political future for the next 10 years.
There are 87 (!!) people signed up to testify today, which would be shocking if we didn't already know y'all are ready for #FairMaps!
While we wait for the hearing to start at 10:30am, why not get your morning off on the right foot by giving the Commission leaders a call/email to tell them to OPPOSE the GOP-proposed map.
Our second of just 3 public input hearings on the Commission's proposed GOP map.
Tune in here for live tweet updates or on the Ohio Channel for the live stream here: ohiochannel.org/live/special-e…
All 7 members of the commission are in attendance today for this hearing - marking just the 4th time that's happened in nearly 15 hearings of the commission.
Sep 13, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The testimony last night mirrored our own feelings and those of our coalition (@EqualDistricts) that the GOP map craves apart our communities, doesn’t reflect how we vote, and doesn’t give BIPOC communities the representation they deserve.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2021/09/13/pub…
We have just 2 hearings left where we can weigh in on the state legislative maps that will dictate our political future for the next decade.
Today, we saw Republicans revealed to be at the center of a staggering corruption scandal at the Statehouse. At the heart of the issue is that under gerrymandered maps, politicians are more beholden to extremists and lobbyists than they are to their voters.
Thread to follow.
So what happened? Speaker Larry Householder and four lobbyists were arrested in a $60 million racketeering and bribery scandal surrounding the passage of controversial HB6 - a bill that gutted our clean energy standards and bailed out two failing nuclear plants.