SB 5 Updates: 214,399 Signatures Collected in a Month

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SB 5 Updates:  214,399 Signatures Collected in a Month and Another Poll Confirms What We Already Knew:  Ohioans Support the Repeal of SB 5

214,399 Signatures Collected in a Month

Ohioans have been working hard over the last month and today's announcement that volunteer petition gatherers have collected 214,399 signatures - 231,149 good signatures are needed in order to get SB 5 on the ballot to give Ohioans a chance to cast a citizens' veto - shows it is paying off.

Last week, OCSEA/AFSCME reported their members had collected 20,000 signatures in just two weeks, reaching a third of their goal for the June 30 deadline.  In Cleveland, over 150 turned out for a town hall meeting on SB 5 with special guest Wisconsin Senator Lena Taylor who told the audience "this is not a Wisconsin fight. This is not an Ohio fight. This is a fight for everybody."

Ohioans have also been creative with their efforts to gather signatures.  In Ashland, Columbus, Steubenville, Mansfield and other cities in Ohio, with the help of Ohio AFL-CIO Central Labor Councils in many of these areas, volunteer petition gatherers have set up drive-thru signing events.  And labor is not the only one involved in the campaign to repeal SB 5.  Last week, the Ohio AFL-CIO, Toledo CBTU, APRI and TFT Local 250 circulated petitions at the Toledo IMA Revival and collected over 100 signatures.  Other outreach, with the help of the faith community, to congregations has generated thousands of signatures since the petition drive started.  Also, the North Shore AFL-CIO Federation of Labor is working on a plan to build a grassroots network of activists in every precinct to repeal Senate Bill 5.  Click here for more on that.

For the latest signing events and SB 5 activities, check out the We Are Ohio website.

Another Poll Confirms What We Already Knew:  Ohioans Support the Repeal of SB 5

If the huge rallies and protests at the Statehouse and across the state, thousands of volunteer petition circulators and continuous coverage of opposition to SB 5 in the news didn't convince you that Ohioans support the repeal of SB 5, maybe this week's Quinnipiac poll will.  The poll shows that 56 percent of Ohioans would vote to repeal the measure and only 36 percent would support it.

This confirms the Wenzel Strategies and Public Policy Polling polls that show a majority a of Ohioans would vote in favor of a citizens' veto of SB 5.

The Quinnipiac poll also shows that Kasich's approval rating is 38 percent and a majority still disapprove of Kasich's job killing budget.  Here are highlights from the poll:

- 54 - 36 percent they say that SB 5 should be repealed

- Ohio voters disapprove 49 - 38 percent of the job Gov. John Kasich is doing

- Registered voters disapprove of Kasich's handling of the state budget 53 – 35 and by 53 - 36 percent

- Voters say 52 - 38 percent that limiting collective bargaining for public employees is not needed to balance the budget

- Asked about Kasich's proposed cuts in state spending, 42 percent of voters say they go too far; 15 percent say not far enough and 30 percent say they are about right