Believes that every citizen should be protected in the right to vote, and that all eligible citizens should be encouraged to vote.

Justice and Community Safety

Supports a restorative juvenile justice system, citizens’ rights, gun control, reproductive rights and abolition of the death penalty.

Meeting Basic Human Needs

Supports policies and programs to prevent or reduce poverty and to promote self-sufficiency for individuals and families.

Natural Resources

Supports responsible and responsive management of Ohio natural resources, including energy.

Education

Supports equitable financing and uniform educational standards for public elementary and secondary schools, advocates for affordable access to public higher education, and opposes the use of public funds for non-public schools.

Ohio Constitution
Supports a clear, flexible, organized, and internally consistent Constitution. Supports specification that taxation is a General Assembly responsibility and that funding should be flexible. Supports independence of judges, with preference for merit selection. Opposes term limits for the General Assembly.

Apportionment/Districting
Supports an impartial districting process with opportunity for citizen participation. Supports districts that are compact, contiguous, bounded by a non-intersecting line, and follow political boundaries as much as possible.  

State Government Finance
Supports taxation that is fair and equitable, provides adequate resources for government programs while allowing flexibility for financing future program changes, is understandable to the taxpayer and encourages compliance, and is easy to administer.

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Primary and Secondary Education
Supports the use of public funds only for public schools. Supports an elected State Board of Education whose responsibility is policy making/planning. Supports state education standards as a method of attaining a high-quality education. Supports state funding for education that guarantees a realistic and equitable level of per-pupil expenditures, and supports local school districts’ assuming a reasonable share of the financial burden.

Higher Education
Supports funding by the state to ensure that all Ohio citizens have access to higher education that provides general education and job preparation. Supports a Board of Regents, appointed by the Governor with confirmation by the Senate, to be a planning, coordinating board with broad policy-making powers.

Juvenile Justice
Supports community-based, least restrictive placement; rights and humane treatment of children who are juvenile offenders; alternative educational services; gender-specific treatment programs; unbiased treatment regardless of race or ethnicity; statewide uniform standards for dealing with juvenile records. Opposes holding children (defined as under age 18) in adult jails.

Capital Punishment 
Supports abolition of the death penalty and a moratorium on the use of the death penalty.

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