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Ohio Taking Action

by WaterGirl|  July 9, 20219:35 pm| 12 Comments

This post is in: Political Action, Taking Action to Defend Democracy, We Have Agency

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We have a 5-person group of Balloon Juice peeps who are taking on Ohio.

They are researching bills intended to restrict voting or overturn the will of the people.  They are also making lists of elected officials, party activists, and civic and political activists that might be mobilizing to fight these awful laws, and they will be making contact with those groups to see what might be done to help them in their efforts.

This thread is a place where that team can communicate, share information with one another, ask questions, etc.

But anyone that has potentially  helpful information related to OH is encouraged to comment.  Maybe you know of a political organization that might be active in OH, or you have an in with an elected official or an aide in the state.  If you know anything that might be helpful, please jump in.

You can also chime in to applaud the OH stat team: Kathleen, Argiope, columbusqueen, featheredsprite, and BrucefromOhio.

Otherwise, you can ignore this post (and the other posts that will go up once one of the pilot state teams meet for the first time).  Each post will be active for a couple of weeks, and a link to these posts is in the sidebar.

Team Members

 

Interface roles explained:

We will want to know who is filling each of the roles on the team.

  • (exactly one) person to be point-of-contact with Alan and WaterGirl.  Schedule the contact every 2-3 days or as necessary.
  • (exactly one) person to be point-of-contact with Matthew [Lisa] and manage the state’s spreadsheet
  • (exactly one) person to keep tabs on the state’s page [link here?] and the project’s page [link here?]

Project roles explained:

  • one or more people to research legislation, using Voting Rights Lab and similar sources
  • one person in particular that can take the first crack at the Voting Rights Lab in the first 2-3 days, so others can fill in the rest from other sites
  • one or more people to research elected officials.  Committee ranking members, minority caucus leadership, and their staff people are key here.  Hint: also include Dem Party activists as a potential means of cutting through the clutter.
  • one or more people to contact the elected officials.  Ideally should be a resident of the state.  Hint: use the legislative research to inform questions to the electeds, use their answers to inform the legislative research.
  • one or more people to identify state activists trying to build resistance against the legislation
  • one or more people to contact the activists

Please set up communication channels within your group however you wish.  What works for you is best.

For communication about spreadsheets, please contact the person who presented the spreadsheets at your team meeting.

For communication with the leadership team, regular reports can be posted on the state pages. But please use email when there is an urgent issue or something you need to call to our attention.

When in doubt, email is fine.  Don’t hesitate to contact us when you need to!

Team Roles! (add person’s nym here)

Interface Roles

OH Contact with Alan & WaterGirl:

OH Contact with your Spreadsheet Person (Matt or Lisa):

OH Monitor the Team Post:

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Project Roles

Voting Rights Lab Research (in the first 2-3 days):

Research Legislation on other sites:

Research Elected Officials: Kathleen,

Contact Elected Officials: Kathleen,

Identify State Organizations & Activists: Kathleen,

Contact the Activists: Kathleen

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Please copy this list into a comment and add the names there.

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12Comments

  1. 1.

    brantl

    July 12, 2021 at 7:05 am

    Brantl from Michigan, here; Voting RIghts Labs has a download feature that produces a .csv file, that can be easily imported into Excel compatible spreadsheets. I strongly encourage people to do that, as you can then import data to three important columns. I also recommend putting the Bill / Resolution ID in column A, and putting the Text of the URL of the bill text in the first free column, over to the right.

  2. 2.

    Argiope

    July 12, 2021 at 2:53 pm

    @brantl: Good tip, thanks!

  3. 3.

    brantl

    July 13, 2021 at 7:09 am

    @Argiope:  Would you know anything about making a macro, so we could semi automate this import, for everyone?

  4. 4.

    WaterGirl

    July 13, 2021 at 1:03 pm

    I added a list up top.  Please copy the list of roles to a comment and add the names of the people who have taken on those roles.

  5. 5.

    Kathleen

    July 13, 2021 at 4:11 pm

    Research Elected Officials: Kathleen

    Contact Elected Officials: Kathleen

    Identify State Organizations & Activists: Kathleen

    Contact the Activists: Kathleen

  6. 6.

    Kathleen

    July 13, 2021 at 4:12 pm

    General question for anybody – any suggestions for an elevator speech intro to election officials and organizations? I do a lot of outreach with suppliers at work and I have 3-4 talking points for an intro.  Thanks.

  7. 7.

    Argiope

    July 14, 2021 at 1:54 pm

    @brantl: ​
      I’m afraid not–what I did was just copy all the cells and pasted them into the relevant fields. I actually found the downloaded .csv file to be cumbersome and didn’t use it.

  8. 8.

    Argiope

    July 14, 2021 at 1:56 pm

    Interface Roles

    OH Contact with Alan & WaterGirl: Kathleen/ drspittle

    OH Contact with your Spreadsheet Person (Matt or Lisa): Argiope

    OH Monitor the Team Post: featheredsprite

  9. 9.

    Argiope

    July 15, 2021 at 9:38 am

    @Kathleen: this might be a good question for the “all states” post so you can bring in more ideas.

  10. 10.

    brantl

    July 19, 2021 at 6:58 pm

    @Argiope: You’re welcome. Kind of surprising that they didn’t format the ballon-juice with the same field order as their favorite site.

  11. 11.

    featheredsprite

    July 21, 2021 at 1:49 pm

    We have a good team and are ready to address redistricting. The Ohio residents on the team are reaching out to local activists. Who knows what we can accomplish?

  12. 12.

    featheredsprite

    July 23, 2021 at 4:28 pm

    Whoever pushed the idea of working in the states was very wise. Look at our success in Wisconsin. Hooray!

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