Ohio progressive group turns FBI raid into voter mobilization pitch

Faith leaders are right to call on Ohio elected officials to protect voter rights and fair elections

A voter shows identification to an election judge. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images) After an unexplained FBI raid on a leading voter registration organization in Ohio and an unexplained stampede by Ohio Statehouse Republicans to slap a constitutional amendment on the November ballot (to do what a state law on voter ID already does), alarm spiked among voting rights advocates about surreptitious government tactics to sway the outcome of the N…

Ohio progressive group turns FBI raid into voter mobilization pitch

This story was originally published by Signal Ohio. Sign up for their free newsletters at SignalOhio.org/subscribe. Allies of an Ohio progressive advocacy group that is being probed by the FBI are hoping to use news of the investigation to mobilize voters this November. Innovation Ohio launched a social media ad campaign this week referencing the June 11 raid of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative. The investigation’s exact focus remains unclear, …

Ohio progressive group turns FBI raid into voter mobilization pitch - Signal Cleveland

Allies of an Ohio progressive advocacy group that is being probed by the FBI are hoping to use news of the investigation to mobilize voters this November. Innovation Ohio launched a social media ad campaign this week referencing the June 11 raid of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative. The investigation’s exact focus remains unclear, but the FBI previously asked elections officials in at least Cleveland and Columbus about voter registration work pe…