Buckeye Flame: Ohio organizers ‘optimistic’ as campaign launches to collect signatures for two equal rights ballot initiatives

Michaela Laubacher
Jan 20
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by Ken Schneck, Buckeye Flame

A week after launching a statewide campaign to place two equal rights-related constitutional amendments on Ohio’s November 2026 ballot, organizers say they are feeling positive about the signature-collection process in front of them.

“Seeing how many organizations and individuals are already stepping up to say they want to help, yes, we’re feeling really optimistic,” Lis Regula, executive co-chair of Ohio Equal Rights (OER) – the nonpartisan, grassroots organization behind the campaign – told The Buckeye Flame.

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