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Apr. 4—A plan to change ballot language for tax levies across Ohio has support from a group which calculates property taxes and opposition from entities which spend them. Ohio House Bill 140 ...
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The Ohio Voters Bill of Rights would enshrine in the state constitution the right for all Ohioans to vote safely and securely and require automatic voter registration, same-day voter registration ...
Paid protesters or professional protesters [a] are people who participate in public outrage or objection in exchange for payment. [1] [2] The expression may be directed against individuals, organizations and governments or against protests against the government with the aim of breaking up or discrediting a protest.
Tax resistance is used in smaller-scale struggles as well. When 23 county officials in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania were charged with corruption, and the county nonetheless decided to raise taxes by 10%, residents rebelled. One, Fred Heller, recorded a song in 2010—"Take This Tax and Shove It"—to try to rally people to refuse to pay. [86]
The poll tax mechanism varied on a state-by-state basis; in Alabama, the poll tax was cumulative, meaning that a man had to pay all poll taxes due from the age of twenty-one onward in order to vote. In other states, poll taxes had to be paid for several years before being eligible to vote. Enforcement of poll tax laws was patchy.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday it will monitor voting in a county in northeast Ohio, citing intimidation concerns stemming from a social media post from a local sheriff about ...
The Ohio Voters Bill of Rights would enshrine in the state constitution the right for all Ohioans to vote safely and securely and require automatic voter registration, same-day voter registration ...