AFLCIO Comes Up Short Against Campaign Financing
I just got this news story in my e-mail. I imagine there are a lot of people here that would like to help the AFLCIO challenge the new campaign finance laws pushed through by Ohio Republicans. Any ideas? (I don't know much about how these things work, but wanted to draw it to your attention--hopefully someone else has the needed expertise.
AFLCIO Comes Up Short Against Campaign Financing
http://www.onnnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=2844552&nav=LrzsVUyF
The A-F-L-C-I-O is considering its options after Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell declared it didn't have enough valid signatures to start a referendum process aimed at overturning Ohio's new campaign finance law.
Blackwell decided Thursday that the labor organization was 57 signatures short of the 100 required to begin the referendum process for the November ballot.
The law passed late last year quadruples contribution limits to ten-thousand dollars, restricts county parties' campaign funds and bans third-party ads funded by unions and businesses 30 days before elections.
Carlo LoParo, a spokesman for Blackwell, said the A-F-L-C-I-O still can submit the 100 signatures. The union then would need 193-thousand-740 valid signatures of registered voters by March 30th to delay the new law and put the issue on the November eighth ballot.
Posted at 08:41 pm by Renee_in_Ohio
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