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UPDATE FROM THE
OHIO
CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT MARRIAGE
October
1, 2004
Marriage
Protection Amendment certified to the Ohio ballot!
Secretary
of State Ken Blackwell has confirmed that a sufficient number of signatures
have been validated and officially placed Issue 1 on the ballot on September
29.
Thanks
to thousands of citizens across the state, the Ohio Campaign to Protect Marriage
submitted a total of 557,085 signatures on petitions. The final number of valid
signatures has not been confirmed.
But
even with the many who were not registered to
vote when they signed the petition or the loss
of signatures on petitions which were
invalidated for one reason or another, more than
the minimum necessary - 322,899 - have been
approved by the County Boards of Election.
Predictably,
opponents are asking a court to remove Issue 1 from the ballots. The case is
expected to be briefed and possibly argued
before the Ohio Supreme Court by mid-October.
Please be in prayer over this critical
situation.
Coming
next week... What
you can do to insure that Issue 1 - the Marriage
Protection Amendment - passes in Ohio. The
Ohio Campaign to Protect Marriage is preparing a
grassroots campaign that will require every
volunteer to make every contact possible. If
executed properly, we can't help but win!
Double-Check
Voter Registrations
Just
in case it has slipped anyone's attention lately, CCV is reminding
everyone that Monday, October 4 is the last day you can register to
vote in Ohio and nearly every other state in the nation.
Below,
you will find a link to an article by WCPO/Channel 9 which highlights the
need to double-check new registrations. If you have recently registered to
vote, please read this article and then contact your County Board of
Elections to verify that you are properly
registered and will be eligible to vote on November 2.
You
can click here to find the contact information for each County Board.
Be aware that some Boards provide a website for you to search for your
name but the info you key must match exactly what what they have in their
system.
If you
helped register others, you would do well to encourage them to verify
their registration as well.
Election
Officials Say Some New Voter Registration May Not Be Valid
http://www.wcpo.com/news/2004/local/09/29/votes_folo.html
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