Scioto County Democratic Party

Somebody always asks. You're at a potluck, or somebody's back porch after a funeral, or the church basement after a wedding, and there's a dish on the table that stops people mid-conversation. A casserole, a pot roast that fell apart just right, somebody's aunt's cobbler that shows up at every single family gathering without fail. And the question that comes next isn't about anything else going on in the world. It's just: who made this, and how.

You may have seen us at the farmers' market, at festivals, local coffee shops, or wherever people gather, with a sign proclaiming “ban mega data centers” and with our clipboards at-the-ready. We're gathering signatures for the Conserve Ohio petition; it is formally known as the Ohio Prohibition of Data Center Construction Amendment. It needs 413,488 valid signatures from at least 44 of Ohio's 88 counties by July 1, 2026 to get on the November ballot.

Ohio News LOCAL: Mault and Smith survive contested Republican primaries; Mault advances to face Democrat Abby Spears in November Scioto County voters delivered the long-awaited verdict Tuesday on the two Republican commissioner primaries that have dominated local politics since the indictment of Bryan Davis. Steven Will Mault defeated Yvonne Hale and Nate Hoover (2,744 / 2,262 / 1,454), and Merit Smith turned back challenger Adrian Harrison (3,579 to 2,789). Turnout came in a