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From The Statehouse to the Schoolhouse, Volume 257(November 5th, 2022)

New York: Hasidic School Will Pay $8 Million After Admitting Fraud In an October 25 blog Diane Ravitch addresses the fraud of a New York private school. If private schools accept public funds, they should be audited by state fiscal auditors the same way public school districts are audited. New York: [...]

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From The Statehouse to the Schoolhouse, Volume 256(November 4th, 2022)

Gongwer: Senate K-12 Education Chair Expects to Revisit Education Savings Accounts Education Savings Accounts (ESA) is a code word for universal vouchers. According to an October 31 Gongwer article, the Chair of the Senate Education Committee will be revisiting the current Ohio ESA program to “strike a balance between user convenience and [...]

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From The Statehouse to the Schoolhouse, Volume 255(November 3rd, 2022)

Memo to Universal Voucher Advocates: You Don’t Own the Road Universal voucher addicts proclaim that parents have an unalienable right to a tax-paid voucher for each of their offspring just because they pay taxes. Some vehicle drivers seem to feel that way. They drive like they own the road. The rules of the [...]

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Word From The Chair

  • Something evil is coming our way, and Republicans are hoping we won’t notice. The issue I’m going to talk about will not hit the ballot for several months but it is so pernicious that opposition needs to start now. We saw in 2022 the anti-gerrymandering amendments, which Ohio voters added to the Ohio Constitution a few years ago, are toothless. The Ohio Supreme Court repeatedly held that the General Assembly and Congressional districts drawn by Republicans to favor Republicans violated these provisions of the Ohio Constitution. Yet we were still forced to vote for Ohio House, Ohio Senate members and Ohio’s members of the U.S. House of Representatives this year using these unconstitutional districts. People are already talking about new amendments to the Ohio Constitution that may actually produce fair state and federal districts. Republicans want to make sure that does not happen. Taking Our Constitution Away from the Citizens A major step in Republicans’ efforts to avoid fair districts has already been announced. Pushed by Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose, State Representative Brian Stewart (R-Ashville) will be introducing in the General Assembly the misleadingly named “Ohio Constitution Protection Amendment.” If passed, this amendment will impose additional hurdles for future constitutional amendments initiated by Ohio citizens. But it will not change the rules for amendments to the Ohio Constitution initiated by the Ohio General Assembly. In addition to the current requirements for getting a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment on the ballot, the Republicans want to add a new rule that a citizen-initiated amendment would not become part of the Ohio Constitution unless at least 60% of the voters in a statewide election vote for the amendment. Currently any amendment to the Ohio Constitution passes if it receives 50% plus one votes of the voters in a statewide election. Currently It Is Not Easy For Citizens To Amend The Ohio Constitution Secretary LaRose justifies this proposed change by claiming that “because of the ease of amending Ohio’s founding document, the Ohio Constitution has become a tool used by special interests.”  Ohiosos.gov/media-center/press-releases/2022/2022-11-17a/. Let’s look at just how “easy” it currently is for Ohio citizens to amend their constitution. Citizens wishing to propose an amendment to the Ohio Constitution must draft both the amendment and a summary of the amendment. That work must be submitted to the Ohio Attorney General along with a petition signed by at least 1,000 Ohio voters. If the Ohio Attorney General decides that the submitted summary is a “fair and truthful statement” of the proposed amendment (Ohio Revised Code Section 3519.01(A)), the Attorney General forwards the proposed amendment to the Ohio Ballot Board. The Ballot Board must decide whether the proposed amendment is really only one amendment or multiple amendments. If the Ballot Board is satisfied that there is only one amendment proposed, it certifies the proposed amendment back to the Attorney General who then files it with the Secretary of State.  If either the Attorney General or the Ballot Board reject the proposal, citizens must start over. If a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution makes it past the Attorney General and the Ballot Board, citizens may begin collecting petition signatures to have the proposed amendment placed on the ballot.  Those petitions must be in a prescribed form (Ohio Revised Code Section 3519.05(A)) and must be signed in a certain way (Ohio Revised Code Sections 3501.38 and 3519.10). Getting a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot requires valid petition signatures in a number equal to at least ten percent of the number of people who voted in the last election for Governor.  Based on the unofficial results of this month’s election, that number is over 400,000 signatures. The petitions must include signatures from voters in at least 44 Ohio counties and the number of those signatures must equal at least five percent of the number of people in each of those counties who voted in the last election for Governor. So a constitutional amendment proposed by Ohio citizens can go on the ballot for a vote of the people only if all these requirements are met. If the proposal does make it onto the ballot, the proposal must still get a majority “yes” vote by Ohio voters.  Does this process sounds easy to you? It’s Easy To Amend For The Gerrymandered Ohio General Assembly In contrast, a constitutional amendment proposed by the Ohio General Assembly does not require any petitions to get on the ballot. The amendment goes on the ballot if three-fifths of the members of both the Ohio House and the Ohio Senate vote in favor. That means 60 votes in the House and 20 in the Senate. Republicans have more than that number of legislators and will have in the new General Assembly starting in January. In other words, only 80 General Assembly members can put a constitutional amendment on the ballot while it takes over 400,000 Ohio voters, including a minimum number in at least 44 counties, for citizens to get a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot. In order to toughen up the current “easy” process for citizens to get proposed amendments to the Ohio Constitution on the ballot, Republicans now want a rule saying that, if a proposal makes it onto the ballot, it will also need at least a 60% “yes” vote to pass. However, a proposed amendment which 80 state legislators support goes into the Constitution if the “yes” vote at the election is 50% plus one vote.  In other words, a citizen-initiated amendment will need a landslide victory to pass while an amendment favored by the Republican super majority in the General Assembly can just squeak by. An Expensive Unnecessary May 2023 Primary Election Because this Republican effort to effectively eliminate citizen-initiated constitutional amendments would itself be an amendment to the Ohio Constitution, it will have to go on the ballot statewide. Republicans are proposing to do that at the May 2023 primary election. Did you know there is going to be a May 2023 primary election? […]

  •             The 2022 Election The Results Voting in the 2022 general election is done. Not all the votes are counted, but enough are that we know, with a few exceptions, what happened. Nationally, Democrats did much better than the media predicted and better than the Party holding the White House usually does in the mid-term election. The U.S. Senate seat from Georgia will be decided in a December 6 runoff election. However, Democrats have already won enough seats to have a majority in the U.S. Senate. The outcome of all U.S. House of Representatives races is not yet known. The media predict Republicans will get a very small majority. The results were not as good in Ohio. Republicans won all the statewide races and will have large majorities in both houses of the General Assembly. There were a couple of positives. Democrats gained a seat in Congress because Greg Landsman defeated antique Republican Steve Chabot in the First District. Democrat Rachel Baker won the 27th Ohio House District, a formerly Republican seat in a district that borders Clermont County on the west. In Clermont County, we saw some progress, but we still have a long way to go. Tim Ryan, Jennifer Brunner, Marilyn Zayas, Teri Jamison, and Brian Flick all won Milford City Precinct G. Tim Ryan also won Milford City Precincts B and E. Brian Flick also won Milford B and is tied in Miami Township A pending counting of provisional and late-arriving absentee ballots. Winning even two of the 110 precincts in House District 62 means that Brian has equaled the best performance by any local Democrat in at least ten years. If Miami A falls for Brian, that will be the best result for a local Democratic candidate in many more years. All Democratic candidates on the ballot received at least 40% of the vote in eight of the County’s 168 precincts. At least one Democrat received at least 40% of the vote in another 21 precincts. All these precincts are on the west side of the County and 19 are in Loveland, Milford, or Miami Township.  Conversely, there are 29 precincts in which no Democratic candidate reached 25% of the vote, and one in which no Democrat reached 15% of the vote. These precincts are spread across ten townships and three villages in the east, central, and southern parts of the County. Despite some expectations otherwise, Clermont County voters stayed true to past practice on voting early versus voting on Election Day. Just under 33% of voters voted by mail or by early in-person voting in Batavia. Sixty-seven percent voted at their polling place on Election Day. Overall, 79,627 (54.71%) of the County’s 145,532 registered voters voted in the 2022 general election. These numbers will change a little when the official results are certified later this month.  However, the proportions will be similar. What It Means Assuming Republicans won a narrow majority in the U.S. House, I expect the next two years on the national level will be largely political theater with a Republican House trying to impeach President Biden and House committee investigations seeking to create fodder for Tucker Carlson and the rest of the inappropriately named “Fox News.” Those efforts will compete for attention with the 2024 presidential contest which, at least on the Republican side, has already started. My personal hope is that Republicans nominate trump to run again. He has never won the popular vote and I do not believe he can win the electoral college in 2024, unless the U.S. Supreme Court empowers Republican-controlled state legislatures to disregard the vote in their states when selecting presidential electors, a circumstance which is not as unlikely as it sounds. What the 2022 election means for Ohio was addressed very well in a piece by David Dewitt in the Ohio Capital Journal on Friday, November 11. You can find that piece on my Facebook page or at ohiocapitaljournal.com/11/11/in-new-post-roe-era-of-states-rights-voters-told-ohio-republicans-they-can-get-their-freak-on. What the election means in Clermont County is that Democrats still have a tremendous amount of work to do. It is difficult to dispute that, for example, Tim Ryan and Brian Flick are better qualified to be United States Senator and Ohio State Representative than their opponents. Yet, neither received even 40% of the total vote in their races in Clermont County. I do not believe these results reflect the voters’ considered comparison between Tim Ryan and J.D. Vance or between Brian Flick and Jean Schmidt. Had the party affiliations in these two races been reversed, I have no doubt that Brian Flick would have won the 62d District by a larger margin than Schmidt did, and that Tim Ryan would have won the election and won at least 65% of the Clermont County vote. A majority of voters in Clermont County and statewide are voting not for individual candidates but for a party. It seems clear that Democrats are not trusted by, and have no credibility with, a majority of Ohio voters and a large majority of Clermont County voters. That is due, in part, to factors outside our control. We cannot control who watches “Fox News” or what people read on the Internet. We cannot control the lies that are published in those media daily. However, we can do a lot to start building trust and credibility in Ohio and in Clermont County. One way we can start building trust and credibility is with the 2023 election. In 2023, we will be electing township trustees, city and village council members, and school board members. In Clermont County, these are all “non-partisan” races, meaning that candidates do not run with a party identification. We need to run good candidates in these races who can win on their individual merit. Democrats who win these offices will have an opportunity to build trust and credibility in their communities without the baggage of a party label. When these people later run for higher offices in partisan races, they will have changed some local perceptions of Democrats. Thus, […]

  • Election Day is only one week away: November 8, 2022.  Early voting continues. The Board of Elections will be open for early in-person voting every day through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The Board will be open for voting on Saturday, November 5, from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.; on Sunday, November 6 from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and on Monday, November 7 from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. If you have a mail-in ballot which you have voted but have not yet sent back, you will be better off taking that ballot to the Board of Elections in Batavia and putting it in the dropbox outside the office door.  Ballots can be left in the dropbox until 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. The dropbox is monitored constantly and is emptied several times per day. All of the major issues of our time are on this election’s ballot, from whether the state can tell women what they can do with their own bodies to whether we will start taking action to slow down the climate change which is slowly destroying our planet. Who you vote for will impact these issues dramatically. More fundamentally, the issue on the ballot this year is what type of society we will have in Ohio. For years, Republicans have tried to depict themselves as the party of “law and order.” From the First Energy bribery scandal to the Republicans repeated drawing of legislative districts that violate the Ohio Constitution, Republicans disregard the law.  As for “order,” one need look no farther than the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the United States Capitol to understand the chaos Republicans have in store. This is an anecdote. A revealing one. During her first stint on the Ohio House of Representatives, I attended a meeting with State Representative Jean Schmidt in West Union, Ohio. Not long after I got on westbound State Route 32 in Seaman to come home, I looked in my rearview mirror and saw nothing behind me but small dots. When I looked again a few moments later, one of the dots had become a car coming up very fast in the left lane. In much less time than I expected, the car flew past me as if I was parked. As it passed, I saw Representative Schmidt behind the wheel, and I had a brief view of her Ohio General Assembly license plate before her car became a small dot in front of me. This sums up Republicans’ view of the law: it is a club to use against others but is not something which applies to us.  Do we really want people running our government who believe that the rules do not apply to them? State Issues 1 and 2 A lot of people have been asking me about the two state issues on the ballot this year.  First, I must make a disclaimer: the Ohio Democratic Party and the Clermont County Democratic Party have no formal position on either state issue. What follows is my own analysis of the two issues state issues. State Issue 1 deals with setting bail for people who have been charged with a crime.  Bail is an amount of money a criminal defendant can deposit to obtain his release from jail prior to trial. The purpose of bail is to ensure that the criminal defendant appears for his trial to obtain a refund of his bail. If the defendant does not appear for trial, the bail is forfeit. State Issue 1 purports to “require Ohio to consider public safety and other factors when setting the amount of bail.” This comes from the official explanation of the Issue published by Secretary of State Frank LaRose. Courts already have the power to keep criminal defendants in jail pending trial when the court decides whether to grant bail. If there is evidence that a defendant poses a threat to public safety, Ohio courts already have the power to deny bail at any amount and hold that person in jail. If passed, Issue 1 would have courts deciding that a criminal defendant poses a threat to public safety unless that defendant can come up with a high bail. If the defendant can come up with a high bail, it would be perfectly ok for him to continue to walk the streets. Republicans think how much money a person has determines whether that person is a threat to public safety. Issue 1 is also an attack on the Ohio Supreme Court as it would deny the Court the power to make rules about bail. Ohio Republicans do not like the Supreme Court because, in the redistricting cases, it tried to enforce the Ohio Constitution. What the Republicans overlook is that our State Supreme Court justices are elected, just like the General Assembly members. Since Supreme Court justices are elected in a statewide vote, they are arguably more representative of Ohio than General Assembly members elected in small portions of the State. State Issue 2 is a solution in search of a problem. Issue 2, if passed, purports to amend the State Constitution to provide that only U.S. citizens 18 or older may vote in state and local elections. However, Article V, Section 1 of the Ohio Constitution, as currently written, states: Every citizen of the United States, of the age of eighteen years, who has been a resident of the state, county, township, or ward such time as may be prescribed by law, and has been registered to vote for thirty days, has the qualifications of an elector, and is entitled to vote at all elections. Under well-established rules of law, people lacking the qualifications stated In Article V, Section 1 may not vote. Nonetheless, the official “Certified Argument for Issue 2” published by Frank LaRose says that “nothing contained in the Ohio Constitution prevents a future state legislature or any Ohio city or Charter County from extending voting rights to non-citizens.” That is simply wrong insofar as it […]

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  • WHAT’S INSIDE Word From The Chair – Raymond Lembke Go Bold NOW To Kill Gerrymandering What’s New From Clermont to Columbus and Beyond So You Want To Run For Office? Join The Donkey Club Clermont County Democratic Organization Meetings & Events Clermont County Democratic Party Committee Meetings Next Issue Publication Dates WORD FROM THE CHAIR- Raymond Lembke Voting in the 2022 general election is done. Not all the votes are counted, but enough are that we know, with a few exceptions, what happened. Nationally, Democrats did much better than the media predicted and better than the Party holding the White House usually does in the mid-term election. CONTINUE READING Go Bold NOW to Kill Gerrymandering – David Pepper Done celebrating yet?  Good. Because this is no time for complacency. In fact, it’s time to go on OFFENSE for democracy. Sometimes there are moments where the payoff for being bold can last for years. Now happens to be one of those times—to be BOLD to protect democracy. So go BOLD! How? CONTINUE READING What’s New From Clermont To Columbus And Beyond Click on the headline to access the full article Democrats celebrate election results as rejection of GOP extremism Democrats on Sunday were celebrating retaining their majority in the Senate after Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)was projected to win reelection, even as control of the House remained undetermined. Her victory secured the 50th Senate seat for Democrats and quashed Republicans’ hopes of taking control of both chambers of Congress, as many had predicted in the weeks leading up to Election Day. CONTINUE READING In new post-Roe era of “states rights,” voters told Ohio Republicans they can get their freak on With the new emphasis the U.S. Supreme Court put on the importance of state government in this post-Roe v. Wade era, many Americans decided Tuesday to put some checks in place. They also roasted some conspiracy nuts over the camp fire. CONTINUE READING Householder attorneys object to allowing First Energy deferred prosecution agreement at trial In what the federal prosecutors have called the biggest bribery scandal in state history, Householder and four others were arrested in the summer of 2020. Facing racketeering, money laundering, and other charges, Householder has been accused of accepting more than $60 million from FirstEnergy in donations to nonprofits he secretly controlled to ensure the passage of House Bill 6. CONTINUE READING So You Want to Run for Office? virtual live training Dec 2, 2022 1:00pm – 2:00pm (ET) Join the National Democratic Training Committee on Friday, December 2nd from 1pm-2pm ET for a free virtual live training on “So You Want to Run For Office?”. If you’re part of your local Democratic party’s leadership, campaign staff, or candidate, this training is just for you! We’re here to help. You will learn the following in the training: Understand the steps necessary to run for office Explain best practices for choosing which office to run for Identify what support you’ll need from your team Prepare for sharing your decision to run with friends and family” REGISTER HERE Join The Donkey Club Our Donkey Club is our major source of funding and we hope you will become a member by joining. Member benefits below. A headquarters located centrally in the county in Batavia A bi-monthly e-newsletter A robust Internet presence on our Website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Support for our Democratic candidates Click the Donate button below and make your donation securely online through ActBlue or mail a check. Make Checks payable to: Clermont County Democratic Party (CCDP), PO Box 475, Batavia, OH 45103 Thank you for your support! Raymond W. Lembke, Party Chairman Clermont County Democratic Party DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION MEETINGS AND EVENTS Quin-T Democrat Club Monthly Meeting Thursday, December 1, 2022 The meeting will start at 6:30pm at the CCDP headquarters at 174 E. Main St., Batavia, Ohio. There will be a short formal meeting to elect officers and collect dues for 2023. Our dues is $12 per year. All are welcome. We will segue into a festive Christmas party with adult refreshments and appetizers. Feel free to bring your beverage of choice and a dish to share. Anyone interested in stepping in as an officer please DM us on our Facebook page or email us at quintdems@gmail.com so we can put you on the agenda. West Clermont Democrats Monthly Meeting Monday, December 12, 2022 Day Heights Fireman’s Memorial Building 1313 OH-131 Day Heights OH 45150 7:00 pm Social Time 7:30 pm Call to Order Come meet your fellow Democrats. Election of officers and Christmas gathering. CLERMONT COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CLUB DIRECTORY Below is a listing of Democratic groups in Clermont County. Click on the name of each club and it will take you to their website or Facebook page with updated information about meetings. Quin-T Democrat Club Democracy In Action West Clermont Democrats Clermont County Young Democrats The Goshen Democratic Club Drinking Liberally Clermont County Democratic Party Central Committee Please contact Ben Indino, Central Committee Chair at: benjamin.indino@gmail.com for more information. Clermont County Democratic Party Executive Committee Next Executive Committee meeting will be Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 7:00 pm This will be a hybrid meeting with choice of in-person at headquarters, 174 E. Main Street, Batavia, Ohio 45103 and via Zoom. Central Committee members are encouraged to attend. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR COMMITTEES CCDP has four active committees. Each committee needs volunteers. Please consider getting involved. The strength of our party is our volunteers. You may contact the respective Chairs of each committee below by clicking on their name if you are interested in volunteering. Finance Committee- Chair – Ben Brady Events Committee – Chair – Katherine Lent By-laws Review Committee- Chair- Gregg Conrad Communications Committee – Chair – Michelle DeTemple   CLERMONT COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY OFFICERS Benjamin Indino – Central Committee Chair Tracy Jo Small – Central Committee Vice Chair Amanda Fox – Central Committee Secretary Raymond Lembke – Executive Committee Chair Elaine Barnett – Executive Committee Vice Chair Chris Barnett – Treasurer Bonnie Carlier – […]

  • WHAT’S INSIDE Meet And Greet With Justice Jennifer Brunner Your Ticket To Restore Democracy Early In Person Voting Continues Poll Greeters Needed Action Opportunities Upcoming Events What’s New From Clermont to Columbus and Beyond Word From The Chair – Raymond Lembke Join The Donkey Club Clermont County Democratic Organization Meetings & Events Clermont County Democratic Party Committee Meetings Next Issue Publication Dates There are 7 days until the election. What are you going to do to save Democracy today? JUSTICE JENNIFER BRUNNER COMING TO BATAVIA We are excited to announce Justice Jennifer Brunner will be at CCDP Headquarters tomorrow evening at 7:30pm. Please come on down to Batavia and show a warm welcome to our next Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court! It’s Tuesday. There are 7 days until the midterm election on November 8th. Here’s your ticket to restore Democracy in Ohio EARLY VOTING CONTINUES Tues., Nov. 1 8am – 7pm Wed., Nov. 2 8am – 7pm Thurs., Nov. 3 8am – 7pm Fri., Nov. 4 8am – 7pm Sat., Nov. 5 8am – 4pm Sun., Nov. 6 1pm – 5pm Mon., Nov. 7 8am – 2pm Going crazy? Want to help out on election day rather than sit home worrying? Poll greeting is one the most important tasks of the election. Many voters will show up at the polls unsure of what to do and who to vote for. We want to fill in those blanks for them. On election day November 8 you will welcome voters with a smile, hand out our slate cards, encourage down ballot votes and help save Democracy. SIGN UP HERE ODP Dialer Phone Bank Training and Shifts Virtual Event Time: Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 1pm, 5:30pm EDT Multiple Dates Location: Virtual event Join from anywhere Our calling program is kicking into high gear in Ohio. We need to make hundreds of thousands of dials before November the 8th for our candidates to win, so please join us on the calling battlefield! REGISTER HERE. CANVASSING LOVELAND GOTV DOOR KNOCKING Time: Sat., Nov. 5 – Tues., Nov. 8 Location: 212 Bold Forbes Rd Loveland, OH 45140 Multiple times available Join the Workers First Campaign and knock on doors for Democrats up and down the ballot in Ohio. Talking to voters face to face is the best way to have an impact on this election! REGISTER HERE Brown County GOTV Door Knocking Time: Saturday, Nov. 5 – Tues., Nov. 8 Location: 174 E Main St Batavia, OH 45103 Multiple times available Join the Workers First Campaign and knock on doors for Democrats up and down the ballot in Ohio. Talking to voters face to face is the best way to have an impact on this election! REGISTER HERE Workers First Rally with Tim Ryan Friday, November 4 6-8 pm Painters Allied Trades Council 200 Kovach Dr Cincinnati, OH 45215 RSVP HERE   What’s New From Clermont To Columbus And Beyond Click on the headline to access the full article Ohio Bar condemns ad attacking Democratic state Supreme Court nominees “Ads like these perpetuate what we believe to be widespread misperceptions about the role of judges in our system of government,” Hervey said in the Bar’ Association’s letter to the RSLC. “While we are all free to disagree with a law or find fault in a judge’s legal reasoning,” he added, “it is misleading and a disservice to voters to grossly oversimplify their opinions just to score political points.” CONTINUE READING WORD FROM THE CHAIR- RAYMOND LEMBKE All of the major issues of our time are on this election’s ballot, from whether the state can tell women what they can do with their own bodies to whether we will start taking action to slow down the climate change which is slowly destroying our planet. Who you vote for will impact these issues dramatically. CONTINUE READING Join The Donkey Club Our Donkey Club is our major source of funding and we hope you will become a member by joining. Member benefits below. A headquarters located centrally in the county in Batavia A bi-monthly e-newsletter A robust Internet presence on our Website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Support for our Democratic candidates Suggested donation amounts: $50 Individual, $100 Couple, $200 Family, $250 Congressional, $500 Senate, $1000 Presidential Click the Donate button below and make your donation securely online through ActBlue or mail a check. Make Checks payable to: Clermont County Democratic Party (CCDP), PO Box 475, Batavia, OH 45103 Thank you for your support! Raymond W. Lembke, Party Chairman Clermont County Democratic Party DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION MEETINGS AND EVENTS Wednesday, November 2, 2022 Well the first Wednesday of the month is upon us and we are going to do something different for our meeting. MEET JUSTICE JENNIFER BRUNNER in Batavia this Wednesday, Nov. 2. Gather 6-6:30 at Beans and Brew 97 E Main Street in Batavia (They serve coffee as well as Sons of Toil craft beer which is darn good!) We will enjoy friends, beverage of choice, food, short meeting and then head across the street to rally for Jennifer!! If you have not yet met her, you are in for a treat. She is truly the smart, kind, thoughtful, qualified person we need to lead Ohio’s Supreme Court. Let’s get a big crowd! Quin-T Democrat Club Monthly Meeting Thursday, November 3, 2022 Come meet your fellow Democrats in Clermont County and pick up some yard signs for our candidates. The Quin-T Democrat Club will be meeting Thursday, November 3rd starting at 6:30pm at the CCDP headquarters at 174 E. Main St., Batavia, Ohio. At 7:00pm there will be a formal meeting with a short agenda. The remaining time will be used for an open forum and mingling with fellow Democrats. WCD/Quin-T Highway Clean Up Date: Saturday, November 5, 2022 Time: 10:00AM Location: Meet at Rivertown IGA 1041 Old US-52 New Richmond, OH 45157 Get your civic duty on by joining us for a highway clean up event on beautiful highway 52 in New Richmond. We will […]

  • WHAT’S INSIDE Harmony Hill Meet The Candidate Event Plan Your Vote Early In Person Voting Dates Sample Ballot Become An Election Worker All Hands On Deck – Action Opportunities Upcoming Events What’s New From Clermont to Columbus and Beyond Word From The Chair – Raymond Lembke Join The Donkey Club Clermont County Democratic Organization Meetings & Events Clermont County Democratic Party Committee Meetings Next Issue Publication Dates There are 21 days until the election. What are you going to do to save Democracy today?   HARMONY HILL MEET THE CANDIDATES HUGE SUCCESS On Thursday, October 13, 2022 Clermont County Democratic Party hosted Wine Down With The Candidates at Harmony Hill Winery. Thanks to Bill Skvarla for providing the venue at his beautiful Harmony Hill Winery in Bethel. Thanks to Ben Brady, Elaine Barnett, Deborah Cook, Ray Lembke and Cheryl Richards for organizing, promoting, providing tech support and providing food. And thank you to all who attended. There was a full crowd to hear keynote speaker, Chelsea Clark, Democratic candidate for Secretary of State, Richard Perry, Democratic candidate for Ohio House District 63 and Brian Flick Democratic candidate for Ohio House District 62. We also had the surrogate for Judge Terri Jamison, a video for Judge Marilyn Zayas, our Democratic candidates for the Ohio Supreme Court and a special personalized video from Tim Ryan, our Democratic Candidate for U.S. Congress. It’s Tuesday. There are 21 days until the midterm election on November 8th. There are three ways to vote in Ohio: Vote by mail Vote early in person at the Clermont County Board of Elections beginning October 12. See dates and times below. Vote in person on Election Day November 8th. Editor’s Note: It has been brought to our attention that the Secretary of State failed to give clear instructions on the postage for mailing back your ballot. YOU MUST USE TWO FOREVER STAMPS TO RETURN YOUR BALLOT BY MAIL. If you have already received your absentee ballot and intend to mail it in, do it as soon as possible! The safest way to assure your ballot is received and counted is to drop your ballot off at the Board of Elections prior to November 8th. There is a drop box outside the building if you cannot get there during regular business hours. EARLY VOTING HAS BEGUN 2022 Sample Ballot Note: The ballot below shows the 63rd District for State Representative which encompasses the southern and northeast portion of Clermont County and the western portion of Brown County. Our candidate for this district is Richard Perry. Our candidate for the 62nd District for State Representative in the northwest portion of Clermont County is Brian Flick. There are two statewide issues on the ballot and we will have more information on those in our next issue. There may be issues specific to your district as well. To obtain a sample ballot for your district go to Voter View here. Scroll down to the Sample Ballot section and click on the link and download a PDF of your sample ballot. VOLUNTEER TO BE A PRECINCT ELECTION OFFICIAL A Precinct Election Official (PEO) is a properly registered voter in the county where they live. PEOs are paid from $130 to $180 for the day. Duties include: Prepare the precinct by setting up voting equipment Greet the voters Verify the registration and identification of the voters Ensure the voters are provided the appropriate ballot At the end of the day, the PEOs close the precinct and prepare the ballots and other election materials for delivery back to the County Board of Elections on election night. Call or email Leann Helton, Precinct Election Manager, at the Clermont County Board of Elections. Please include name, phone number, party affiliation (if any), and availability in email. Leann Helton (732-7488) Email:lhelton@vote.clermontcountyohio.gov   ALL HANDS ON DECK – ACTION OPPORTUNITIES POSTCARDS TO VOTERS IN CLERMONT COUNTY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2022 2 PM – 5 PM 1151 Diekmeyer Ln., Montgomery, OH 45140 Hosted by Chris and Elaine Barnett. Please join us for our postcard writing party. We will be writing postcards to remind Clermont County Dems how important this upcoming November Election is for our community. We will provide the postcards, but any donations of postcard stamps would be appreciated. RSVP at cbarnett5@cinci.rr.com   We’ll be hosting Women For Whaley/Stephens phone banks EVERY TUESDAY at 5:30 pm from now until the election to support Democratic nominee for Ohio Governor Nan Whaley and her running mate Cheryl Stephens. If you’ve never made political calls before but want to play an important role for Nan and all other Democrats on the ballot in November, you’re in good hands! We’ll comprehensively train you and prepare you to make these critical calls. This event series is put on by a partnership between the Whaley for Governor Campaign, the Ohio Workers First Campaign, and the Ohio Democratic Women’s Caucus. REGISTER HERE ODP Dialer Phone Bank Training and Shifts Virtual Event Time: Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 1pm, 5:30pm EDT Multiple Dates Location: Virtual event Join from anywhere Our calling program is kicking into high gear in Ohio. We need to make hundreds of thousands of dials before November the 8th for our candidates to win, so please join us on the calling battlefield! We’ll be using our Dialer program which is amazing technology that allows you to make calls at breathtaking speed. Every session will kickoff with a 15-20 minute training on how to use our Dialer. After training concludes, we’ll all stay on Zoom but hop on the Dialer to make some calls. Already been trained? Please join join us on the Zoom 20 minutes after start time to cruise directly onto the Dialer with no fuss! REGISTER HERE. CANVASSING LOVELAND CANVASSING Time Saturday, October 29 – Sunday, October 30 Multiple times available Location 212 Bold Forbes Rd Loveland, OH 45140 Join the Workers First Campaign and knock on doors for Democrats up and down the ballot in Ohio. Talking to voters face to face […]

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