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Hamilton County Ohio Independent Voters Alliance (IVA) Final Saturday Monthly Meeting Orientation
for New Participants: Ten minutes Participate in Citizenship — You must be a registered voter to vote or to circulate ballot access petitions. Telephone the Board of Elections to find out if you are registered to vote — 632-7001. Request a voter registration card be mailed to you if you are registered. If not, update your voter registration and your card will be mailed to you. Your card shows your representative district numbers and precinct number, for use in your political participation. This is an important, necessary first step to become politically active. We will check your "card" status at the door. No card yet? We will still enthusiastically welcome your participation.Are You Registered to Vote? Call 632-7001 or 632-7000, ext 1 to register. http://www.hamilton-co.org/BOE/ Date: October 29, 2011, 5th Saturday Next Event: Software Release Party , December 03, 2011 Location: Summit View party Room, 2650 Lehman Road, Cincinnati, OH 45204. Call 513-251-3155, (or Email hamco at cs2pr.us) to RSVP your space at this meeting. Come to participate in a more democratic republic. Room open from noon to 4pm.Directions: Mapquest Link; Driving Directions Page. (Top of Page) Note: Bottled water and light snacks will be available. 1:00 pm Orientation, 2:00 pm work session: A large screen 10 minute live presentation of the IVA software will be made. You can have a copy of the Free Tools software CD; publish your IVA pages. Our initial discussion will attempt to answer the question: "What is Active Citizenship in a democratic republic?" Qs & As can continue after the work session and 3-min candidate speeches. Near the end of the meeting we may decide to order pizza or go out for "fast food" at a nearby restaurant. Short on time? Attend a part of the meeting that you find interesting. Stay part of the time, a little or a lot. Meet Non-Partisan Candidates: We will always have at least one non-partisan grassroots candidate at each meeting. A three minute speech, then questions for each candidate. The above link shows all known non-partisan independent and minor party candidates on Hamilton County ballots for local, state, and national public offices. Candidate web pages and petition status are also shown. 1st IVA Priority: Certify Petition Circulators IVA success depends upon our ability to put large numbers of petition circulators in the field to easily collect the valid petition signatures needed for all ballot access petitions in circulation. This is a major way our participation leads to power over the political process. The higher our number of certified petition circulators the easier each petition will be for each IVA petition circulator. Work Session: In around one hour we can all learn the rules needed to gather valid petition signatures in Ohio. Each of us can assemble a personal petition kit and learn to use it in the field. Once certified, trained petition circulators can choose to put candidates on the ballot, to put minor political parties on the ballot, and to put Initiative and Referendum (I & R) issues on the ballot. Ballot access petitions are the most powerful tools any citizen has for direct participation in political change, for needed political and election reforms in Ohio. Ohio Coalition Party Ballot Access Numbers: Ten valid signatures from 5,000 petition circulators (50,000 valid signatures) are more than the number of valid petition signatures needed to give any minor party ballot access under Ohio law. With 100,000 certified petition circulators one or two valid signatures at most are needed from each circulator for any Ohio petition. Valid signatures from a spouse and a neighbor can put any candidate, minor party, or issue on the ballot. With 100,000 certified petition circulators we can easily reform our Ohio political system. With as few as five thousand certified petition circulators across the state of Ohio we can accomplish ballot access miracles. Continuous Coalition Ballot Access: Twenty signatures every two years from 5,000+ OHIVA petition circulators (100,000+ signatures) from friends, neighbors, and family will certify OHIVA ballot access for all future elections. Every legislative candidate using OHIVA ballot access will need just 25 valid signatures, not 1000s, for ballot access. Statewide candidates will need just 1000, not 5000 valid signatures. With ballot access assured, non-partisan candidates can successfully compete with the bipartisan monopoly. Each state requires different numbers. (Top of Page) (Numbers) (Your Voice)Active Petitions Page: New and active ballot access petitions to form minor political parties, and to put issue referendums on Hamilton County ballots are on this page. Current issues on your ballot in the next election, cs2pr.us/hamco/ballot_access.html#Ballot. Petition Coordinator Contacts: Check progress on petitions you chose to circulate. Contacts for candidate, party, and issue petitions IVA Priority: IVA Web Pages for Every Voting Precinct You can put in as much time as you like to manage IVA web pages for your community, precinct, town, county, or congressional district. Get a free OHIVA.zip template on a Mini-CD or CD-R from any IVA Web Page Manager for material costs, under one dollar. The ZIP template includes all the easy instructions you will need to set up and manage your IVA web pages. Or... request your free no cost OHIVA.zip template by Email attachment. Create and Manage IVA web pages for your Local Community or Electoral Area where you live. (Top of Page) (Your Voice) Ballot access petitions will be available on IVA web pages and other web pages for use by non-partisan independent citizens. Freedom is participation in power. Be an active petition circulator and Election Day participant. Be an Active Citizen in your voting precinct. A Little Effort — A Lot of Liberty Welcome to the non-partisan political movement. RICH STEVENSON, Acting Hamilton County IVA Chair, Email ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Local IVA Pages Guide: (IVA Priority) Certify Petition Circulators (Your Voice) Manage IVA Web Pages (Your Voice) Meet ups, Coffees, and Speakers (Meeting) THIS PAGE (Saturday) (Monthly) (Not Required) (Petitions/Web Pages) Non-partisan Candidates on Your Ballot (Initiative/Party) Active Petitions (Non-Partisan Candidate) Can You Stand for Public Office? (Qualify at 18 yrs.) (Gen X, Y Issues) (Your Privilege) Active Citizenship (Directory) Countywide Local IVA Home Page Links (Directory) Precinct Local IVA Home Page Links (Download, Print) Local IVA Documents (A Civics Lesson) Political ID Card (Links to Learning) Study Hall, Today's Politics (Positive, Creative Blogs) Sounding Board (Improve the Politics We Live With) (Referenda) Ohio Ballot Initiative Ideas Page (Ohio Income Tax Credit) $50 for your Political Use (hamco at cs2pr.us) Local IVA Email ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (Directory) Ohio IVA Central Committee (Members Needed — Your Voice?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meeting Date | 1st | Numbers | OHIVA.zip Local
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