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Why we're collecting signatures to put data centers on Ohio's November ballot
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.
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Weekly Political Recap — Week Ending May 9, 2026
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
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Weekly Political Recap: Week Ending April 24, 2026
Ohio News Republican Ohio Supreme Court makes Ohio first in nation to allow political endorsements from judges In a 5-1 ruling, the Republican-majority Ohio Supreme Court ended a decades-old ban on state judges and judicial candidates publicly endorsing political candidates — making Ohio the first state in the nation to allow it. The ruling drew sharp criticism even from within the court: Republican Justice Pat Fischer called it judicial activism and warned it "could have an
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