More than 200,000 Sign Ohio Petition to Repeal Anti-Worker Bill in First Month

by James Parks, May 20, 2011

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In just one month opponents of Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s anti-union bill have collected 214,399 signatures, 93 percent of the amount needed to force a referendum on the law.
If the petition drive succeeds, voters will have an opportunity to kill Kasich’s attack on Ohio workers next November. A recent poll found that 54 percent of Ohio voters want the law repealed, and only 36 percent want to keep it.
Today, at a press conference in Columbus, “We Are Ohio” spokeswoman Melissa Fazekas, said:

The unprecedented level of support from communities all across the state is staggering. While we continue to struggle to keep up with demand for petitions, we know this campaign is a marathon, not a sprint. We believe these early numbers will only serve to motivate our supporters to collect more signatures to ensure we reach the threshold of 231,149 valid signatures.

We Are Ohio has more than 10,000 volunteers in communities all across Ohio. Petitions have been out for three weeks today. The deadline to submit the signatures to the Ohio Secretary of State is June 30.