FBI RAIDS OHIO VOTING RIGHTS ORG OHIO ORGANIZING COLLABORATIVE
This is a blatant attempt to intimidate community organizers who do the work of voter registration, voter information, and protecting voter rights. They have seen the same polls and the same shift we have in Ohio and they are obviously going to do everything they can to silence organizers and keep democrats from winning in November.
Over 100 federal agents were deployed to Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Cincy and Youngstown. Devices were seized, offices and homes were raided and staff members followed.
ATS worked with Ohio Organizing Collaborative, as well as many labor, faith, organizing, and community organizations. They do good work ensuring everyone registers to vote and votes. This is not voter fraud! This is state sponsored election interference and it’s not a drill. We can't let this go quietly. We will not be silenced. OHIO DOES NOT BACK DOWN.
Keep an eye on the Hands off Ohio website for more information and upcoming actions.
More information:
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/.../fbi-searches-offices.../
https://www.ohorganizing.org/democracy-voting-rights
Action Together Stark (ATS) formed the day after the election in 2016 with 5 women meeting for coffee. Our next meeting was 150 and the one after that 250 and standing room only. We loaded 7 busses for the Women's March in Washington, DC. We became an official chapter of Indivisible shortly after in 2017 as we fought to protect the Affordable Care Act. Since then we have protested injustice, written tens of thousands of postcards, knocked countless doors to educate and pursuade voters, run for office ourselves, and built a force of activists and organizers in Stark County, Ohio. Since 2016, we have fought for democracy and progressive values in every way possible. We are facing greater challenges and threats to democracy than ever before, and we will keep fighing, together.