CLEVELAND- ResponsibleOhio, the group pushing for marijuana legalization in Ohio through Issue 3, introduced its mascot earlier this week. “Buddie” made stops at the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University as part of the campaign’s bus tour. “Buddie is going to college campuses only to promote ‘Buddie’s 21 and Up Club,’ our social media campaign […]
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and although our country has come a long way, there are still issues
(WOIO) – The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections has completed its review of petition signatures submitted by East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton on Wednesday. The board has verified that the petitioners have reached or exceeded the minimum required number of 559 valid signatures. Of the 1,613 signatures submitted, 827 (51 percent) were certified as valid. According to Pat McDonald, director of […]
Michael Eric Dyson is musing about what keeps White people below a certain tax bracket voting for politicians that don’t care about…
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Just to be clear – it’s still illegal to speed or run red lights. But now, those pesky cameras we’ve all seen and heard about can’t enforce those laws in Cleveland. The city will have to rely on good old-fashioned policing. It was an overwhelming majority voting these cameras out […]
For iPhone: Ken Smukler, the President of Infovoter is back on the Tom Joyner Morning Show with the results of the mid term elections..…
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – NBA Owners fail to reform a new NBA draft lottery process. The vote was to change the draft lottery in efforts to avoid teams from “tanking” or losing on purpose to try and get higher odds of getting the first overall pick. The final vote was 17-13 in favor of […]
Ken Smukler, the President of Infovoter is back on the Tom Joyner Morning Show with his ‘Trickery Report’. He touches on what to expect at…
The sense of urgency over the Black vote in the upcoming mid-term elections is mounting. Black congressional leaders are feverishly urging black voters to turn…
Nervous that a weak mid-term election turnout could lead to a total Republican takeover of Congress, Democrats and progressives are focusing on get-out-the-vote efforts this fall. There’s plenty of cause for concern. Voter turnout, in general, is lower for mid-terms than it is in presidential election years, but the trend is even more pronounced […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – On Wednesday morning, Cleveland City Council members held an emergency meeting regarding the city’s traffic cameras. The council members voted to put the traffic cameras on the November ballot. At issue, was whether traffic cameras would be placed on the November ballot or be part of a special election, which […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A coalition is coming together to try and outlaw traffic enforcement cameras in Cleveland. The coalition including Cuyahoga County for Liberty, the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes (COAST), Black on Black Crime, Inc., and Liberate Ohio has filed petitions to place an amendment to the Cleveland City Charter onto […]