1:00 pm Orientation:  A brief HD TV Internet demonstration and discussion of published IVA pages. Hand out Free Tools software CDs to everyone in attendance; publish your Local IVA pages? The bottom-up paradigm shift: "What is Active Citizenship in a democratic republic?"

2:00 pm Work Session: Ballot access petitions. What are they? How can they be used to elect new leaders? Can the Populist Nonpartisan majority be represented in a bipartisan two-party system?

3:00 pm Up to You: Three-minute candidate speeches. Guest talks. Web page workshop. Edit and publish your Local IVA pages!?

Short on time? Attend a part of the meeting that you find interesting. Stay part of the time, a little or a lot. 1pm to 4pm only.

Meet Nonpartisan Candidates: We will always have at least one nonpartisan grassroots candidate at each meeting. A three minute speech, then questions for each candidate. The above link shows all known populist nonpartisan 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 Cooperative 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 Cooperative 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, nonpartisan candidates can successfully compete with the bipartisan monopoly.

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 hamcoOHIVA.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. Complete and submit the IVA pdf-Participation Form to join the Hamilton County leadership team. The free hamcoOHIVA.zip can be received by email. Create and Manage IVA web pages for your Local Community or Electoral Area where you live and vote.

(Top of Page) (Your Voice)  IVA Leader Page

Occupy elections. Vote against two-party career incumbents! Use ballot access petitions to participate in power.

Be a proactive petition circulator and Election Day participant.

Be a proactive citizen in your voting precinct.

Welcome to the populist ballot access movement. Participate. Zoom

Acting_Local_IVA_Chair, ACTING CHAIR, Hamilton County OHIVA, Email

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Local IVA Pages Guide:

(IVA Priority) Certify Petition Circulators

(Your Voice) Manage IVA Web Pages

(Your Voice) Zoom Meet ups, Coffees, and Speakers

(Meeting) THIS PAGE (Saturday) (Monthly) (Not Required)

(Petitions/Web Pages) Nonpartisan Candidates on Your Ballot

(Initiative/Party) Active Petitions

(Nonpartisan Candidate) Can You Stand for Public Office? (Qualify at 18 yrs.) (Gen X, Y Issues)

(Your Privilege) Proactive Citizenship

(Directory) Countywide Local IVA Home Page Links

(Directory) Precinct Local IVA Home Page Links

(Download, Print) Local IVA Documents

(A Civics100 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

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