Ohio's ballot initiative process is our last resort to pass popular policies when the Statehouse is unrepresentative and unresponsive. Yet politicians in Columbus are getting ready to vote on a constitutional amendment to make ballot measures even harder to pass. As with Ranked Choice Voting, we need citizen-initiated ballot initiatives to put voters first instead of politicians, parties, or special interests. Rank the Vote Ohio is joining forces with the Ohio Voter Rights Coalition and more than 165 other groups across the political spectrum to protect Ohioans' freedom to make decisions through the ballot -- especially because HJR6 would make passing Instant Runoffs even harder.

Our executive director Kyle Herman and a couple of our super-volunteers are already committed to representing Rank the Vote Ohio at the coalition's "Rally For Democracy" starting at 11:15am on Tuesday, December 13, meeting at Trinity Episcopal Church by the Statehouse in Columbus. We have pledged to recruit at least five more volunteers to join us wearing Rank the Vote Ohio attire and/or carrying signs advertising Rank the Vote Ohio and Ranked Choice Voting -- not only so that we can add to the chorus opposing this power grab, but also so that we can collect signups and make ourselves known to all the other groups and media. Can you RSVP below to join us to protect ballot initiatives!?