Call Mike!
The Governor could sign the budget at any minute. Tell him to veto the parts of the budget you hate before it's too late.
Call Governor Mike DeWine and ask him to VETO harmful budget provisions
The Ohio legislature has officially voted on the state budget and sent it to the Governor to be signed. Our last hope to get any harmful provisions out of the bill is a Line Item Veto from Governor Dewine.
Ohio’s state budget process determines where your tax dollars go. It shows us Ohio’s priorities. The state budget can fund programs that save and improve lives — or it can fund tax cuts for billionaires.
WHERE WE ARE: The state budget bill has passed the legislature and is headed to the governor. Governor DeWine can veto (remove) ANYTHING from the massive budget bill. He cannot ADD anything.
Ohioans Against Extremism’s Top Veto Priorities:
SB 3 and HB 30 — Massive tax cut for the rich — Phases down state income tax to a flat rate of 2.75%
Medicaid Trigger Language — Will likely end Medicaid expansion in Ohio
SB 107 and HB 153 — Make all local school board elections partisan
Heavy restrictions on politicians’ public records — shields nearly all legislator and staff communications from public records
Heavy restrictions on criminal justice public records — Keeps innocent people in prison by banning access to victim statements, personal notes, arrest reports, videos, and more
Restrictions that could close libraries — Forces libraries to find space to hide books from kids
SB 68 — Creates Educational Savings Accounts (ESAs), AKA unregulated vouchers+
Punishes school districts that carry over 40% of their operating budget into the next year
There’s no time to waste! Call the Governor NOW.
The Governor can sign this bill at any time, so make sure you call him right now so he hears from you before he signs.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Click on the budget items below that matter most to you, and make some calls!
Governor DeWine is often hard to reach, so we recommend contacting the governor AND his top staffers: bit.ly/MikeDeWine
Make sure everyone who speaks to the governor throughout the day hears from you.
We recommend picking just a few items. Pick the ones that get you most fired up. Focus on those!
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…We also don’t have any billionaire friends :(