04/10/2026
‼️If you are an Ohio resident, you need to know about several important petitions that are collecting signatures RIGHT NOW‼️
‼️You can find the details of each one below. We will have them available to sign until June 1st. So stop by The Paradox Book Store any time and add your name to get these issues on the ballot this November.‼️
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📢Prohibition of Construction of a Data Center -- By Conserve Ohio 📢
https://conserveohio.com
This petition and this effort are about keeping Ohio in the hands of its people and keeping Ohio from becoming the "tech dump" that blind, uncaring corporate interests are rapidly pushing for it to be. This non-partisan effort is truly grassroots. We are people looking out for our communities in a time when communities are at risk.
This petition seeks to amend the Ohio Constitution in order to ban the construction of data centers that consume over 25 megawatts (MW) of energy per month. 25 MW is the threshold between a manageable, community-friendly facility and an industrial-scale data center that can use as much power as a small town. Our petition simply says that anything bigger than 25 MW should be prohibited. Ohio already has approximately 200 data centers and does not need any more.
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📢Protecting Ohioans’ Constitutional Rights Amendment -- By Ohio Coalition to End Qualified Immunity📢
https://oceqi.org
Qualified Immunity is a legal loophole that makes it almost impossible to sue government officials and politicians when your constitutional rights are violated.
The existence of qualified immunity has led to a lack of accountability for our government and has hindered the ability of citizens to seek justice for the misconduct of government employees. This has resulted in a lack of transparency and accountability within government and has prevented victims of misconduct from seeking accountability and compensation for their injuries.
Ending qualified immunity would ensure that we, the people, are able to hold our government accountable when it violates our constitutional rights.
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📢The Ohio Equal Rights Amendment and The Ohio Right to Marry Amendment -- By Ohio Equal Rights📢
https://www.ohioequalrights.org
The Ohio Equal Rights Amendment and the Ohio Right to Marry Amendment would collectively be the most comprehensive state equal rights framework in the nation, ensuring that our State and local governments never infringe upon our rights as Ohioans.
The Ohio Constitution does not contain an Equal Rights Amendment and still includes a ban on same-s*x marriage. This means that Ohioans are not constitutionally protected from discrimination by our State and local governments because of race, s*x, pregnancy status, s*xual orientation, disability, or other attributes. Instead, we must rely on an ever-changing, unreliable legislature to protect our rights. Additionally, marriage equality is only guaranteed by federal protections, and could be lost in the state if overturned federally.
The Ohio Equal Rights Amendment would limit the Ohio legislature's power to discriminate against Ohioans with our own tax dollars. It would protect citizens from discrimination based on race, color, creed or religion, s*x, s*xual orientation, gender identity or expression, regardless of s*x assigned at birth, pregnancy status, genetic information, disease status, age, disability, recovery status, familial status, ancestry, national origin, or military and veteran status.
