| 00:00:00 | >> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST OF "THE STATE OF |
| 00:00:02 | OHIO" COMES FROM THE LAW OFFICES
OF PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & |
| 00:00:04 | ARTHUR LLP.
HELPING BUSINESSES AND |
| 00:00:10 | INDIVIDUALS SOLVE COMPLEX LEGAL
PROBLEMS. |
| 00:00:12 | AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING |
| 00:00:17 | 131,000 TEACHERS, SUPPORT
PROFESSIONALS, AND HIGHER |
| 00:00:19 | EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS.
WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC |
| 00:00:22 | SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS MADE |
| 00:00:29 | POSSIBLE BY ETECH OHIO.
>> MORE THAN A DOZEN BILLS ARE |
| 00:00:41 | NOW LAW WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
SIGNATURE, INCLUDING TWO HIGH- |
| 00:00:43 | PROFILE ONES ON EDUCATION AND
HUMAN TRAFFICKING. |
| 00:00:45 | OHIO PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE
ARGUMENTS OVER THE FEDERAL |
| 00:00:47 | AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
WE'LL HAVE REACTION TO THIS |
| 00:00:49 | WEEK'S HISTORICAL US SUPREME
COURT RULING. |
| 00:00:51 | AND THERE'S ANOTHER CAMPAIGN TO
CHANGE THE WAY THE LINES FOR THE |
| 00:00:53 | DISTRICTS FOR STATE AND FEDERAL
LAWMAKERS IN OHIO ARE DRAWN. |
| 00:00:55 | BUT THAT DRIVE IS FACING A
CRUCIAL DEADLINE. |
| 00:01:00 | ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
OHIO." |
| 00:01:01 | CAPTIONED BY THE
NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE |
| 00:01:04 | --WWW.NCICAP.ORG-- |
| 00:01:05 | >> SUMMER BREAK FOR STATE
LAWMAKERS IS WELL UNDERWAY, BUT |
| 00:01:08 | GOV. JOHN KASICH IS STILL
WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH ALL THE |
| 00:01:10 | LEGISLATION THEY SENT TO HIS
DESK BEFORE THEY LEFT. |
| 00:01:13 | THIS WEEK, THE GOVERNOR WENT TO
CINCINNATI TO SIGN A SWEEPING |
| 00:01:17 | EDUCATION BILL THAT SEEKS TO
STRENGTHEN TIES BETWEEN THE |
| 00:01:22 | STATE'S EMPLOYERS AND PUBLIC
SCHOOLS AND MAKES DOZENS OF |
| 00:01:25 | OTHER POLICY CHANGES, INCLUDING
CREATING A "THIRD GRADE READING |
| 00:01:28 | GUARANTEE."
UNDER THAT PROVISION, THIRD- |
| 00:01:30 | GRADERS WITH LAGGING READING
SKILLS FACE THE POSSIBILITY OF |
| 00:01:32 | BEING HELD BACK FOR UP TO TWO
SCHOOL YEARS AS THEY GET |
| 00:01:35 | ACADEMIC HELP.
THE MEASURE ALSO SETS ADJUSTED |
| 00:01:39 | TRAINING AND RETESTING
REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHERS WHO |
| 00:01:41 | ARE DEEMED TO BE INEFFECTIVE
FOR TWO OF THE PREVIOUS THREE |
| 00:01:44 | YEARS.
THE LEGISLATION ALSO REQUIRES |
| 00:01:48 | ALL SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS TO
GET EYE EXAMS. |
| 00:01:50 | ON WEDNESDAY, THE GOVERNOR
HEADED TO TOLEDO TO PUT HIS PEN |
| 00:01:54 | TO A BILL THAT INCREASES
PENALTIES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING |
| 00:01:57 | AND CREATES A FUND TO HELP
VICTIMS. |
| 00:01:58 | THE LAW, WHICH TAKES EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY, MAKES HUMAN |
| 00:02:02 | TRAFFICKING A FIRST-DEGREE
FELONY, PUNISHABLE BY UP TO 15 |
| 00:02:05 | YEARS IN PRISON.
THAT'S TOUGHER THAN THE SECOND- |
| 00:02:10 | DEGREE FELONY THAT THE STATE
LEGISLATURE ESTABLISHED IN LATE |
| 00:02:12 | 2010 TO TACKLE WHAT'S DESCRIBED
AS MODERN-DAY SLAVERY. |
| 00:02:14 | THE LAW ALSO CREATES A PATH FOR
VICTIMS TO HAVE THEIR RECORDS |
| 00:02:18 | EXPUNGED IF THEY HAVE
PROSTITUTION OR SOLICITATION |
| 00:02:21 | CHARGES AS A RESULT OF BEING
FORCED INTO THE SEX TRADE. |
| 00:02:23 | IN BETWEEN THOSE PUBLIC EVENTS,
THE GOVERNOR SIGNED 13 OTHER |
| 00:02:29 | BILLS, INCLUDING ONE TO EASE
EX-INMATES BACK INTO THE |
| 00:02:32 | WORKFORCE AS COSMETOLOGISTS,
SALVAGE-YARD DEALERS AND |
| 00:02:36 | CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BY
ELIMINATING BARRIERS CALLED |
| 00:02:38 | "COLLATERAL SANCTIONS."
HE ALSO SIGNED LAWS TO PROHIBIT |
| 00:02:41 | PEOPLE FROM ALTERING A VEHICLE
TO CREATE OR ADD A HIDDEN |
| 00:02:45 | COMPARTMENT, TO REQUIRE SCRAP
METAL DEALERS TO TAKE A |
| 00:02:49 | PHOTOGRAPH OF ANYONE WHO SELLS
THEM MATERIAL, AND TO TAKE THE |
| 00:02:53 | FINAL STEP IN CHANGING THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT BY |
| 00:02:56 | RENAMING IT THE DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES AGENCY. |
| 00:02:58 | DEMOCRATS ARE CHEERING THE
RESULTS OF AN INDEPENDENT POLL |
| 00:03:01 | OF THREE SWING STATES, INCLUDING
OHIO. |
| 00:03:03 | A QUINNIPIAC POLL SHOWS IN
OHIO, DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT |
| 00:03:06 | BARACK OBAMA HAS 47 PERCENT
COMPARED TO 38% FOR REPUBLICAN |
| 00:03:10 | MITT ROMNEY.
AND IN OHIO'S U.S. SENATE RACE, |
| 00:03:13 | DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT U.S. SEN.
SHERROD BROWN TOPS REPUBLICAN |
| 00:03:17 | STATE TREASURER JOSH MANDEL 50%
TO 34%. |
| 00:03:19 | THE QUINNIPIAC POLL IN MAY
SHOWED THE CANDIDATES JUST SIX |
| 00:03:23 | POINTS APART.
BUT POLLSTER PETER BROWN ALSO |
| 00:03:26 | NOTES THAT THE ELECTION IS MORE
THAN FOUR MONTHS AWAY, WHICH HE |
| 00:03:29 | SAYS IS A LIFETIME IN POLITICS.
AND OF COURSE, THIS POLL WAS |
| 00:03:33 | DONE BEFORE THE HISTORIC US
SUPREME COURT DECISION ON THE |
| 00:03:35 | AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
BY NOW THAT RULING IS OLD NEWS. |
| 00:03:39 | THE DECISION TO UPHOLD
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S HEALTH |
| 00:03:43 | CARE OVERHAUL WAS ALL ANYONE IN
POLITICS WAS TALKING ABOUT ON |
| 00:03:47 | THURSDAY, WITH REACTION COMING
IN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY |
| 00:03:49 | AND FROM ALL POLITICAL
PERSPECTIVES. |
| 00:03:50 | OHIO HAS SOME 1.5 MILLION
UNINSURED PEOPLE, OR ABOUT 14% |
| 00:03:54 | OF THE POPULATION. AND THE
ISSUE HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT |
| 00:03:57 | IN OHIO.
LAST FALL VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY |
| 00:04:02 | APPROVED ISSUE 3, THE SO-CALLED
HEALTH CARE FREEDOM ACT, WHICH |
| 00:04:05 | STATES THAT OHIOANS CAN OPT OUT
OF A GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE |
| 00:04:08 | SYSTEM.
AND OHIO PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN |
| 00:04:11 | THE CASE AGAINST THE LAW.
OHIO'S MIKE DEWINE WAS AMONG |
| 00:04:13 | THE 26 ATTORNEYS GENERAL WHO
BROUGHT THE CASE TO THE HIGH |
| 00:04:16 | COURT.
I ASKED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL |
| 00:04:19 | WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
>> I THINK IT GOES RIGHT BACK |
| 00:04:27 | INTO THE POLITICAL ARENA.
THIS IS A MAJOR CAMPAIGN ISSUE. |
| 00:04:32 | IT WILL BE FOUGHT OUT IN THE
CAMPAIGN. |
| 00:04:36 | THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON IT IN |
| 00:04:40 | DEFAULT.
>> IS THAT WHERE YOU THINK IT |
| 00:04:43 | BELONGS >> I THOUGHT IT WAS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL. |
| 00:04:47 | THE SUPREME COURT AGREED WITH US
ON OUR ARGUMENT THAT IT WAS A |
| 00:04:51 | VIOLATION OF THE COMMERCE
CLAUSE. |
| 00:04:53 | WHAT WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE WAS
THAT THE SUPREME COURT, AFTER |
| 00:05:02 | OBAMAS SAID IT WAS NOT A TAX,
AND AFTER THE LOWER COURT SAID |
| 00:05:05 | IT WAS NOT A TAX, NOW FIVE
MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT |
| 00:05:11 | SAYS IT IS NOW A TAX.
>> WHAT HAPPENS IN THE OHIO |
| 00:05:15 | SPECIFICALLY?
ESHOO 3 SAYS THE STATES WOULD |
| 00:05:19 | NOT COME UP WITH A HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM THAT WOULD BE MANDATED |
| 00:05:23 | FOR PARTICIPATION.
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT NOW? |
| 00:05:26 | >> THAT STAYS ON THE BOOKS.
IT MEANS NO FUTURE LEGISLATURE |
| 00:05:33 | CAN PASS A LAW THAT VIOLATES
THAT IN THE STATE OF OHIO. |
| 00:05:37 | WE CANNOT PREEMPT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, PARTICULARLY NOW |
| 00:05:41 | THAT WE HAVE A FEDERAL -- A
SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT SAYS |
| 00:05:46 | IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
>> THERE IS NOTHING IN ISSUE 3 |
| 00:05:52 | THAT PRESENTS A FEDERAL LAW FROM
BEING ENFORCED. |
| 00:05:54 | >> WE FOUGHT THAT BATTLE IN THIS
COUNTRY IN THE 1860'S. |
| 00:05:59 | WE WERE ON THE WINNING SIDE OF
THAT ONE. |
| 00:06:02 | THE SUPREME COURT HAS SPOKEN.
IT GOES BACK INTO THE POLITICAL |
| 00:06:07 | ARENA.
THERE IS NOTHING TO STOP A |
| 00:06:10 | FUTURE CONGRESS OR PRESIDENT
FROM REPEALING THIS MANDATE. |
| 00:06:12 | IT WAS A BIG VICTORY FOR OHIO
AND OTHER STATES TODAY IN |
| 00:06:18 | REGARD TO MEDICAID.
WHAT THE SUPREME COURT SAID IS |
| 00:06:23 | THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CANNOT
BLACKMAILED THE STATES AND |
| 00:06:26 | COMPEL THEM TO EXPAND MEDICAID.
THE WAY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
| 00:06:29 | WAS DOING THAT, THE BILL SAID TO
THE STATES, IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT |
| 00:06:37 | THIS EXPANSION OF MEDICAID, WE
ARE GOING TO TAKE AWAY ALL OF |
| 00:06:43 | THE MEDICAID MONEY FROM YOU.
THE SUPREME COURT SAID THAT IS |
| 00:06:48 | TO BANK FAR.
THAT IS BLACKMAIL AND YOU CANNOT |
| 00:06:50 | DO THAT.
THAT WAS A REAL VICTORY. |
| 00:06:54 | >> IN THE MEANTIME, IT GOES BACK
INTO THE POLITICAL ARENA TO BE |
| 00:06:58 | THOUGHT OUT.
STATES ARE SETTING UP EXCHANGES. |
| 00:07:03 | IS IT YOUR OPINION THAT OHIO
NEEDS TO SET UP AN EXCHANGE? |
| 00:07:08 | >> I AM NOT GOING TO TELL THE
GOVERNOR OR THE LEGISLATURE WHAT |
| 00:07:12 | TO DO.
IT'S THE QUESTION IS IF THERE IS |
| 00:07:16 | ANYTHING LEFT TO DO LEGALLY, THE
ANSWER IS NO. |
| 00:07:21 | THIS IS THE LAW OF THE LAND.
>> THIS IS THE LAW AND IT NEEDS |
| 00:07:28 | TO BE FOLLOWED.
>> THIS IS A LOT OF THE LAND AND |
| 00:07:31 | WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW.
-- LAW OF THE LAND AND WE HAVE |
| 00:07:38 | TO FOLLOW THE LAW.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BILL |
| 00:07:43 | PASSED ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS
WHERE WE FIX THE PROBLEMS WE |
| 00:07:47 | HAVE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS |
| 00:07:50 | IN THIS OBAMACARE BILL.
WE DETEST THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE |
| 00:07:55 | AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DETEST
IT AND IT IS WRONG. |
| 00:07:58 | THAT NEEDS TO BE REPEALED.
>> YOU WERE ON THE WINNING SIDE |
| 00:08:04 | OF THIS ARGUMENT.
ARE YOU GLAD YOU TOOK THIS CASE |
| 00:08:08 | TO THE SUPREME COURT AND GOT A
DEFINITIVE ANSWER? |
| 00:08:12 | >> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
WHAT DID WE ACCOMPLISH? |
| 00:08:15 | WE CLARIFIED THAT THEY CANNOT
PASS A LAW LIKE THIS PURSUANT TO |
| 00:08:22 | THE COMMERCE CLAUSE.
THAT HAS HUGE IMPLICATIONS. |
| 00:08:25 | FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR
LIBERTY. |
| 00:08:30 | THE SECOND IS MUCH MORE TANGIBLE
AND IMMEDIATE. |
| 00:08:33 | THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE TO
ACCEPT THE NEW MEDICAID |
| 00:08:38 | MANDATES.
WE CAN MAKE OUR OWN DECISION |
| 00:08:41 | WITH REGARD TO THAT.
>> AMONG THE SUPPORTERS OF THE |
| 00:08:47 | AFFORDABLE CARE AT ARE THE
MEMBERS OF THE COALITION OF |
| 00:08:50 | OHIO.
REPUBLICAN OFFICEHOLDERS ARE |
| 00:08:57 | SPEAKING OUT AND WORKING AGAINST
THE LAW. |
| 00:09:00 | >> I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY
PEOPLE IN POLITICS AND PEOPLE |
| 00:09:04 | WHO ARE IDEOLOGICAL HAVE TO
FIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING |
| 00:09:07 | CONSTANTLY.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THREE |
| 00:09:10 | YEARS.
IT IS ABOUT WHETHER YOU HAVE TO |
| 00:09:14 | MAKE CHOICES THAT ARE
DIFFICULT, WHAT YOU GO BANKRUPT |
| 00:09:17 | BECAUSE YOU HAVE A HEALTH
PROBLEM. |
| 00:09:19 | THAT IS WHAT LED TO THIS, NOT
WHAT -- NOT ELECTING SOMEONE. |
| 00:09:26 | I WISH PEOPLE WOULD COME -- CALM
DOWN A LITTLE BIT. |
| 00:09:32 | >> THE IDEA COULD BE MADE THAT A
LOT OF OHIOANS DID NOT LIKE THE |
| 00:09:43 | AFFORDABLE HEALTH-CARE LAW AND
THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT |
| 00:09:46 | THE MANDATE.
>> I WAS RUNNING THE CAMPAIGN |
| 00:09:51 | AGAINST ISSUE 3.
YOU COULD NOT RAISE MONEY |
| 00:09:54 | BECAUSE EVERYBODY ACKNOWLEDGED
IT WAS A MEANINGLESS AMENDMENT. |
| 00:09:58 | I COULD NOT CAMPAIGN AGAINST IT.
I GOT MAYBE $10,000 OR $15,000. |
| 00:10:04 | IT WAS NOT A LOT OF MONEY.
THE WAY THE LANGUAGE WAS |
| 00:10:09 | WRITTEN, SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT
THEY WERE VOTING FOR HEALTH CARE |
| 00:10:16 | REFORM.
I DO NOT THINK THAT NECESSARILY |
| 00:10:18 | IS WHAT IT MEANS.
QUITE FRANKLY, BATTLES ARE OVER. |
| 00:10:23 | THE COURT HAS RULED.
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR |
| 00:10:27 | LEADERSHIP OUT OF WASHINGTON.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR ADULT |
| 00:10:30 | BEHAVIOR OUT OF OUR POLITICIANS.
IT IS TIME TO MEND FENCES AND |
| 00:10:36 | MOVE ON AND GET PEOPLE
INSURANCE, WHICH IS WHAT IS |
| 00:10:40 | NECESSARY IN THE STATE.
>> DOES THAT MEAN SETTING UP |
| 00:10:44 | EXCHANGES?
>> WE HAVE THE KIND OF GOVERNOR |
| 00:10:47 | WHO WAS HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF INSURANCE. |
| 00:10:50 | HE HAS REFUSED TO SET UP AN
EXCHANGE. |
| 00:10:53 | AN EXCHANGE IS A WEBSITE WHERE
YOU GO TO PRIVATE INSURANCE |
| 00:10:57 | COMPANIES AND YOU GET TO CHOOSE
WHAT KIND OF INSURANCE YOU WANT |
| 00:11:00 | TO HAVE FOR YOUR FAMILY.
IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE. |
| 00:11:03 | VARIOUS STATES ARE CONSERVATIVE
LIKE UTAH ARE CREATING |
| 00:11:15 | EXCHANGES.
THIS IS POLITICIANS BEING |
| 00:11:18 | POLITICIANS AND TRYING TO DIVIDE
THE PUBLIC AND HAVE THESE |
| 00:11:21 | ARGUMENTS OVER AND OVER AND MIKE
DEWINE FILING MORE LAWSUITS. |
| 00:11:29 | >> THIS IS GOING TO PLAY A ROLE
IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. |
| 00:11:32 | THERE IS TALK OF A REPEAL BE
VOTED ON SOON. |
| 00:11:36 | THIS IS NOT OVER.
>> THEY WILL TRY TO MAKE IT A |
| 00:11:40 | POLITICAL ISSUE.
YOU HAVE THE GUY WHO POLITIC -- |
| 00:11:45 | WHO INVENTED THE WHOLE SYSTEM IN
ROMANY RUNNING AGAINST PRESIDENT |
| 00:11:50 | OBAMA.
HE CREATED ROMNEYCARE AND IS |
| 00:11:56 | ADVOCATING AGAINST IT FOR THE
REST OF US. |
| 00:11:58 | IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THE LEVEL
OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE AND THAT |
| 00:12:04 | IT HAS GOTTEN TO BE ABSURD.
>> NOW AT THE END OF THE LEGAL |
| 00:12:12 | ARGUMENTS HERE AND THE LEGAL
CASE, WITH YOUR SIDE BEEN THE |
| 00:12:17 | WINNING SIDE, DO YOU THINK THIS
WAS A GOOD DECISION? |
| 00:12:21 | >> I THINK IT WAS THE DECISION I
THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN ALL ALONG. |
| 00:12:25 | I WAS SURPRISED IT WAS JUSTICE
ROBERTS WHO WAS THE SWING OF |
| 00:12:31 | VOTE AND NOT JUSTICE KENNEDY.
MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND SOCIAL |
| 00:12:37 | SECURITY ARE SIMILAR PROGRAMS.
THERE ARE STILL SOME PEOPLE ARE |
| 00:12:42 | STILL ARGUING THEY WANT TO GET
WITH IT -- GET RID OF THE INCOME |
| 00:12:47 | TAX SYSTEM AND NOT HAVE INCOME
TAXES. |
| 00:12:49 | I THINK IT IS IRONIC THAT A LOT
OF CONSERVATIVES WHO ARE AGAINST |
| 00:12:57 | TRADITIONAL -- JUDICIAL ACTIVISM
WERE ARGUING FOR THE COURT TO |
| 00:13:07 | VOTE AND GET SOMETHING THAT WAS
PASSED. |
| 00:13:09 | THE BOTTOM LINE FOR PEOPLE IS
THIS IS ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO IS |
| 00:13:15 | SICK AND ABOUT WHETHER YOU GO
BANKRUPT BECAUSE YOU ARE SICK |
| 00:13:19 | AND WHETHER YOU HAVE THE SAME
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AS OTHER |
| 00:13:22 | PEOPLE.
THE MORE WE AS ADULTS BRING IT |
| 00:13:25 | BACK TO THAT, THE MORE
POLITICIANS WILL START ACTING |
| 00:13:28 | MORE ADULT.
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| 00:13:40 | >> INCIDENTALLY, A QUINNIPIAC
SWING STATE POLL LAST MONTH |
| 00:13:42 | SHOWED MORE THAN HALF OF OHIO
VOTERS WANTED THE SUPREME COURT |
| 00:13:44 | TO STRIKE DOWN THE LAW.
DEWINE SAID OHIO'S INVOLVEMENT |
| 00:13:46 | IN OPPOSITION TO THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT WILL CONTINUE IN A |
| 00:13:47 | LAWSUIT DISPUTING THE LAW ON THE
GROUNDS IT COMPELS PEOPLE TO |
| 00:13:49 | VIOLATE THEIR RELIGIOUS
PRINCIPLES. |
| 00:13:50 | OVER THE YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A
LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE |
| 00:13:52 | WAY THE BOUNDARIES FOR
LAWMAKERS' DISTRICTS ARE DRAWN |
| 00:13:55 | IN OHIO.
THE OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY DRAWS |
| 00:13:57 | THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
LINES, AND A FIVE-MEMBER |
| 00:13:59 | APPORTIONMENT BOARD CREATES THE
BOUNDARIES FOR STATE HOUSE AND |
| 00:14:01 | SENATE DISTRICTS.
THE LAST ROUND OF REDISTRICTING |
| 00:14:04 | WAS BITTER AND PROTRACTED.
LAST YEAR, STATE LAWMAKERS |
| 00:14:07 | BRIEFLY CREATED TWO SEPARATE
PRIMARIES FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE |
| 00:14:10 | OF A SPAT OVER THE WAY THE
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAP WAS |
| 00:14:13 | DRAWN, BUT EVENTUALLY CAME TO A
DEAL TO MERGE THE PRIMARIES |
| 00:14:17 | INTO ONE IN MARCH.
WHILE THAT SETTLED THE PRIMARY |
| 00:14:21 | ISSUE, IT DIDN'T RESOLVE
CONCERNS OVER THE MAP-DRAWING |
| 00:14:23 | PROCESS.
DEMOCRATS HAD SUED OVER THAT |
| 00:14:27 | MAP, AND REDISTRICTING EXPERTS
HOWLED WHEN PUBLIC DOCUMENTS |
| 00:14:30 | SHOWED THAT U.S. HOUSE SPEAKER
JOHN BOEHNER OF CINCINNATI |
| 00:14:33 | PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN HOW THE
MAP WAS CONSTRUCTED. |
| 00:14:35 | AND THE MAP ITSELF IS
CONSIDERED BY ITS OPPONENTS TO |
| 00:14:41 | BE ONE OF THE MOST EGREGIOUS
EXAMPLES OF GERRYMANDERING IN |
| 00:14:45 | RECENT HISTORY.
THE CONGRESSIONAL MAP IS THOUGHT |
| 00:14:48 | TO FAVOR REPUBLICANS 12-4, IN A
STATE WHERE THE REPUBLICAN AND |
| 00:14:50 | DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR
GOVERNOR WERE JUST TWO |
| 00:14:56 | PERCENTAGE POINTS APART.
FOR THE PROCESS TO CHANGE, |
| 00:14:58 | VOTERS HAVE TO WEIGH IN.
AND ALL THE WRANGLING OVER THE |
| 00:15:01 | MAPS HAS CREATED THE LATEST
CAMPAIGN TO TRY TO COME UP WITH |
| 00:15:04 | A NEW WAY TO DRAW THE MAPS.
A GROUP CALLING ITSELF VOTERS |
| 00:15:06 | FIRST HAS DRAFTED A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT |
| 00:15:12 | THEY SAY WOULD "ENSURE OHIO
VOTER'S RIGHT TO FAIR AND |
| 00:15:14 | COMPETITIVE ELECTIONS BY
CREATING A NON-PARTISAN, |
| 00:15:17 | INDEPENDENT CITIZENS COMMISSION
THAT WILL DRAW OHIO'S |
| 00:15:19 | LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL
BOUNDARIES OUT IN THE OPEN FOR |
| 00:15:22 | ALL OF US TO SEE."
THE VOTERS FIRST AMENDMENT |
| 00:15:26 | WOULD PROHIBIT POLITICIANS,
LOBBYISTS AND POLITICAL INSIDERS |
| 00:15:28 | FROM SITTING ON THIS CITIZENS'
COMMISSION. |
| 00:15:31 | AND THIS PETITION DRIVE HAS
BROUGHT OUT AN ENDORSEMENT THAT |
| 00:15:35 | SOME MIGHT FIND SURPRISING.
THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF OHIO IS |
| 00:15:37 | BACKING IT.
BUT THE CLOCK IS TICKING. |
| 00:15:39 | THE COALITION HAS UNTIL JULY 4
TO COLLECT SIGNATURES TO GET |
| 00:15:43 | THE AMENDMENT ONTO THIS FALL'S
BALLOT. |
| 00:15:44 | HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE VOTERS
FIRST INITIATIVE ARE CATHERINE |
| 00:15:51 | TURCER IS THE CHAIR OF VOTERS
FIRST. |
| 00:15:52 | AND KEVIN KNEDLER IS THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR OF THE |
| 00:15:54 | LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF OHIO.
>> CATHERINE TURCER, I WILL |
| 00:16:02 | START WITH YOU.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS ISSUE |
| 00:16:05 | SO MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS.
THE VOTERS HAD A CHANCE TO |
| 00:16:09 | DECIDE HOW THIS DISTRICT WAS
DRAWN. |
| 00:16:11 | THEY CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT.
WHY NOW? |
| 00:16:15 | >> THIS IS A NEW YEAR.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK BACK |
| 00:16:19 | AT WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR.
THE DISTRICT LINES WERE |
| 00:16:24 | MANIPULATED.
THE MANIPULATION OF THOSE |
| 00:16:27 | DISTRICT LINES IS A MANIPULATION
OF VOTERS. |
| 00:16:30 | THIS IS THE TIME TO CHANGE IT.
WE ARE WELL EDUCATED AND WE CAN |
| 00:16:35 | SEE WHAT GOES ON.
THIS IS ALL THE WAY FROM TOLEDO |
| 00:16:40 | TO CLEVELAND.
YOU COULD LIVE IN FRANKLIN |
| 00:16:44 | COUNTY AND YOUR NEIGHBOR COULD
BE IN THREE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. |
| 00:16:47 | WE WANT DISTRICTS TO BE FAIR SO
THAT WE ARE ALL WELL |
| 00:16:51 | REPRESENTATIVE -- WELL
REPRESENTED. |
| 00:16:55 | >> BRIAN ROTHENBERG, THE
LIBERTARIAN PARTY HAS WEIGHED |
| 00:17:05 | IN ON THIS.
WHY IS YOUR POLITICAL PARTY |
| 00:17:09 | GETTING INVOLVED?
>> I WILL TRY NOT TO USE |
| 00:17:12 | ANALOGIES AND CLICHES.
I DO NOT THINK IT IS GETTING |
| 00:17:17 | BETTER WITH THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM
WE HAVE. |
| 00:17:19 | BOTH PARTIES ARE FROM THE 19TH
CENTURY. |
| 00:17:23 | SOMEWHERE DOWN THE PRIORITY LIST
IS THE VOTER AND THE |
| 00:17:27 | CONSIDERATION OF VOTER FREEDOM
RIGHTS. |
| 00:17:30 | WE HAVE FOUGHT THREE LAWSUITS TO
GET ON THE BALLOT. |
| 00:17:36 | VERY ENTRENCHED PARTIES HERE IN
OHIO. |
| 00:17:42 | WE SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
STAND UP AND SAY, WE NEED TO PUT |
| 00:17:47 | THE VOTERS FIRST.
IT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT |
| 00:17:51 | DIRECTION.
IT IS TIME FOR CITIZENS IN OHIO |
| 00:17:53 | TO HAVE A VOICE.
VOTER REGISTRATION FOR THE MAJOR |
| 00:18:02 | PARTIES IS DECLINING.
THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY |
| 00:18:05 | REGISTRATION IS UP.
INDEPENDENT VOTERS ARE |
| 00:18:09 | INDEPENDENT FOR A REASON.
THEY ARE NOT PART OF A MARKETING |
| 00:18:12 | MACHINE.
THEY WANT A VOICE. |
| 00:18:14 | THE CINCINNATI REDS ARE PLAYING
A BASKETBALL -- A BASEBALL GAME. |
| 00:18:22 | THEY GET TO PICK THE RULES AND
THEY GET TO A UMPIRES. |
| 00:18:26 | THAT IS KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE THE REPUBLICANS AND |
| 00:18:30 | DEMOCRATS SETTING THE RULES FOR
DISTRICTING. |
| 00:18:33 | WE FIND THAT IS NOT A GOOD
SITUATION. |
| 00:18:37 | >> DID YOU REACH OUT TO THE
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC PARTY |
| 00:18:41 | TO ASK THEM IF THEY WOULD LIKE
TO JOIN THIS EFFORT? |
| 00:18:45 | >> WE REACHED OUT TO A LOT OF
DIFFERENT PEOPLE. |
| 00:18:47 | A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
ENDORSED US LIKE THE COUNSEL OF |
| 00:18:53 | CHOICE -- THE COUNCIL OF
CHURCHES, THE SIERRA CLUB. |
| 00:18:57 | ORGANIZATIONS HAVE COME ON
RECENTLY TO SAY, WE HAVE TO HAVE |
| 00:19:03 | THE VOTERS TAKE PRIORITIES.
THE RIGGING OF THE SYSTEM -- THE |
| 00:19:11 | FOXES ARE IN CHARGE OF THE HEN
HOUSE. |
| 00:19:17 | >> HAVE ANY DEMOCRAT OR
REPUBLICAN CONCERNED ABOUT THE |
| 00:19:23 | -- REPUBLICANS CONCERNED ABOUT
THE MAP? |
| 00:19:31 | >> SOME HAVE.
IT IS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT |
| 00:19:37 | FOR THE REPUBLICANS.
IN A WINNER TAKE ALL SYSTEM, THE |
| 00:19:42 | WINNERS LIKE THE SYSTEM.
WE HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING |
| 00:19:45 | REPUBLICANS ON BOARD.
THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF FOLKS WHO |
| 00:19:49 | SEE THIS AS IMPORTANT.
THOSE FOLKS IN THE BACK ROOMS, |
| 00:19:53 | THAT IS A MINORITY SECTION OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. |
| 00:19:56 | MOST FOLKS WOULD AGREE, YOU DO
NOT NEED TO HAVE A FINGER ON THE |
| 00:20:02 | SCALE.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO THAT. |
| 00:20:04 | IF YOUR ISSUES ARE GOOD, THEY
WILL RISE. |
| 00:20:08 | PEOPLE OF ALL PARTIES AGREE.
>> KEVIN, YOU MIGHT LOOK AT THIS |
| 00:20:16 | SKEPTICALLY AT AND SAY THE
LIBERTARIAN PARTY IS TRYING TO |
| 00:20:20 | BREAK INTO THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM
THAT THEY HAVE TROUBLE GETTING |
| 00:20:24 | INTO.
IS THIS SOMETHING YOU AS A |
| 00:20:28 | LIBERTARIAN CAN LOOK AT AND
SUPPORT, OR IS THIS A WAY TO GET |
| 00:20:31 | ON THE BALLOT?
>> IT IS PRINCIPAL. |
| 00:20:34 | IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
WE HAVE TO DO THIS. |
| 00:20:42 | THIS IS OUT OF CONTROL.
THE TEA PARTIERS COLLUDING |
| 00:20:46 | TOGETHER TO PREVENT
COMPETITION, -- TWO PARTIES |
| 00:20:52 | COLLUDING TOGETHER TO PREVENT
COMPETITION. |
| 00:20:55 | TWO GROUPS GET TOGETHER TO SET
UP DISTRICT. |
| 00:20:58 | IT DOES NOT PERMITTED IN THE
TRADE, IN BUSINESS. |
| 00:21:02 | PUT ASIDE THAT I AM WITH THE
LIBERTARIAN PARTY. |
| 00:21:06 | MANY PEOPLE I SPEAK WITH BELIEVE
THIS IS BEHIND. |
| 00:21:11 | WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS YEARS
AGO. |
| 00:21:13 | INDEPENDENT VOTERS COME TOGETHER
WITH MEMBERS OF PARTIES TO HELP |
| 00:21:17 | SET DISTRICTING.
IT SHOULD NOT BE SET BETWEEN TWO |
| 00:21:22 | GROUPS.
>> YOU HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF |
| 00:21:25 | SUPPORT AND EDITORIALS THAT HAVE
BEEN WRITTEN IN FAVOR OF THIS. |
| 00:21:29 | YOU ARE ALSO IN A BALANCED
SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO |
| 00:21:33 | GET LOST IN ALL THE NOISE IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL AND U.S. SENATE |
| 00:21:37 | RACES.
HOW DO YOU REACH OUT TO VOTERS |
| 00:21:40 | AND CONVINCE THEM TO VOTE YES?
IT IS A CHALLENGE IN A BUSY |
| 00:21:45 | ELECTION YEAR.
>> THIS IS A BOOTHS -- BOOTS ON |
| 00:21:55 | THE GROUND KIND OF THING.
BUT I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS THE |
| 00:21:59 | IDEA THAT WE WANT OUR VOTED TO
BE MEANINGFUL. |
| 00:22:02 | WE WANT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO
BE ACCOUNTABLE. |
| 00:22:07 | THIS IS EASIER TO SAY WE WANT
OUR VOTES TO MEAN SOMETHING. |
| 00:22:12 | ALL KINDS OF FOLKS ARE COMING
TOGETHER TO SAY, LET'S GET THAT |
| 00:22:16 | MESSAGE OUT.
>> ISN'T THE PROBLEM BEYOND THE |
| 00:22:21 | WAY THE MAP IS DRAWN?
THE TWO PARTIES ARE WELL FUNDED |
| 00:22:29 | AND FINANCED.
SHOULDN'T WE BE GOING AFTER |
| 00:22:32 | CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS?
>> CAMPAIGN FINANCE IS ONE |
| 00:22:37 | ASPECT.
THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS |
| 00:22:40 | ANOTHER ONE.
YOU HAVE THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, |
| 00:22:46 | DUE TO REPUBLICANS, TWO
DEMOCRATS. |
| 00:22:47 | -- TWO REPUBLICANS AND TWO
DEMOCRATS. |
| 00:22:53 | WHY EARNED THERE -- AREN'T
THERE INDEPENDENT VOTERS ON THAT |
| 00:23:04 | BOARD?
THIS IS A PIECE OF A LARGER |
| 00:23:10 | PUZZLE.
IT IS BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND |
| 00:23:15 | BALLOT ACCESS.
>> THIS IS A BID, SYSTEMIC |
| 00:23:19 | CHANGE.
IT DOES NOT ADDRESS OTHER ISSUES |
| 00:23:21 | LIKE THE MONEY IN POLITICS.
HE KNOW ABOUT THE CITIZENS |
| 00:23:26 | UNITED DECISION AND FOLKS IN
MONTANA SAYING NO. |
| 00:23:29 | WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT
DIFFERENTLY. |
| 00:23:33 | THE COURT SAID FREE SPEECH IS
THE NAME OF THE GAME AND AND |
| 00:23:42 | FREE SPEECH IS EQUIVALENT TO
MONEY. |
| 00:23:43 | TACKLING CAMPAIGN FINANCE THIS
YEAR WOULD BE TOUGH. |
| 00:23:52 | DEALING WITH DISTRICTING IS
SOMETHING WE CAN DO. |
| 00:23:56 | WE CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR
THE CITIZENS OF OHIO. |
| 00:23:59 | BUT YOU HAVE UNTIL WEDNESDAY,
JULY 4. |
| 00:24:03 | YOU COULD MAKE SOME ARGUMENTS
ABOUT INDEPENDENCE DAY. |
| 00:24:06 | WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DO NOT MAKE
IT? |
| 00:24:08 | >> THE WAY IT WORKS IS MUCH
LIKE OTHER BALLOT CAMPAIGNS. |
| 00:24:13 | THE SCHISM -- THE SIGNATURES DO
NOT GO BAD. |
| 00:24:16 | YOU CAN FILE LATER.
OUR PLAN IS TO DO OUR FILING ON |
| 00:24:21 | THE FOURTH OF JULY.
BUT SO THERE IS NO PLAN B IF YOU |
| 00:24:27 | DO NOT GET THE SIGNATURES.
>> CLEARLY, THERE IS A PLAN B. |
| 00:24:33 | IT IS TRUE THAT I AM AND
OPTIMIST. |
| 00:24:36 | WE ARE PICKING THE FOURTH OF
JULY. |
| 00:24:41 | >> ONE FINAL QUESTION.
IF THIS DOES GET ON THE BALLOT, |
| 00:24:49 | 12 MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION
WOULD BE SELECTED BY SUPREME |
| 00:24:51 | COURT JUDGES THROUGHOUT THE
STATE AND THE PARTIES COULD |
| 00:24:54 | THROW OUT CERTAIN PEOPLE.
THAT IS HOW YOU PROTECT THE |
| 00:24:58 | COMMISSION FROM BEING
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. |
| 00:25:00 | HOW WOULD PEOPLE GET ON THAT
COMMISSION? |
| 00:25:02 | >> YOU JUST APPLY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS -- ONE |
| 00:25:09 | OF THE EXCITING THINGS IS THAT
ANY OF THE PEOPLE WATCHING COULD |
| 00:25:13 | ACTUALLY BE ON THE COMMISSION.
YES, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WILL |
| 00:25:17 | CONTINUE.
>> THAT WOULD REDRAW THE |
| 00:25:25 | DISTRICT LINES UNTIL WE TEAR?
>> 2014. |
| 00:25:29 | BUT ABOUT THIS.
WE WANT YOU TO GET EXCITED ABOUT |
| 00:25:32 | MAKING THINGS FAIR.
WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS NOW. |
| 00:25:37 | WE NEED A FAIR SYSTEM NOW.
>> CATHERINE TURCER AND KEVIN |
| 00:25:44 | KNEDLER FROM THE LIBERTARIAN
PARTY OF OHIO. |
| 00:25:49 | >> AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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