00:00:00>> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST OF "THE STATE OF OHIO"
00:00:09COMES FROM LAW OFFICES OF PORTER
WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR LLP.
00:00:14AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING 131,000
00:00:23TEACHERS, SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS
AND HIGHER EDUCATION FACULTIES
00:00:29WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
FOR EVERY CHILD.
00:00:31ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR "THE
STATE OF OHIO"IS MADE POSSIBLE
00:00:36BY ETECH OHIO.
>> AS OHIO'S PRESIDENTIAL
00:00:44PRIMARY MOVES CLOSER, POLITICS
HEATS UP.
00:00:501 OF THE STATE'S TOP DEMOCRATS
IS WORKING WITH THE GOVERNOR ON
00:00:581 ISSUE AS SHE FIGHTS
REPUBLICANS ON ANOTHER.
00:01:01RICK SANTORUM IS IN OHIO AND
NEWT GINGRICH TOWARD SEVERAL
00:01:28OHIO CITIES LAST WEEK.
THERE IS NO WORD ON WHEN OR IF
00:01:31RON PAUL WILL BE HERE BEFORE THE
PRIMARY.
00:01:33OHIO IS ONE OF THE STATES IN
THE SUPER TUESDAY PRIMARY MAKES
00:01:39ON MARCH 6.
THERE IS A NEW LEADER IN THE GOP
00:01:43PRESIDENTIAL RACE IN OHIO.
IT IS RICK SANTORUM.
00:01:45NEWT GINGRICH IS THAT 20% AND
RON PAUL IS AT 9%.
00:01:52HALF OF THOSE RESPONDING TO THE
POLL SAY THEY MAY CHANGE THEIR
00:01:59MIND BEFORE MARCH 6.
THE FIRST SURVEY CANNOT BE
00:02:03COMPARED TO EARLIER SURVEYS OF
REGISTERED REPUBLICANS SINCE
00:02:07THIS POLL INCLUDES ONLY LIKELY
VOTERS.
00:02:09ROMNEY WAS LEADING IN A POLL OF
REGISTERED REPUBLICANS LAST
00:02:15MONTH.
HERMAN CAIN WAS LEADING BEFORE
00:02:17THAT IN OCTOBER.
AND ROMNEY WAS TIED WITH RICK
00:02:22PERRY IN SEPTEMBER.
THE POLL ALSO SHOWS PRESIDENT
00:02:26OBAMA BEATS IN THE REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
00:02:29THE PRESENT WINS OVER ROMNEY BY
10 PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA -- 10
00:02:36POINTS.
ANOTHER POLL THIS WEEK HELD SOME
00:02:42BAD NEWS FOR UNION ACTIVIST.
IT WOULD STATE THAT WORKERS DO
00:02:48NOT HAVE TO PAY UNION DUES TO
GET OR KEEP A JOB.
00:02:52THE POLL FINDS THE AMENDMENT
WOULD PASS 54% TO 44%.
00:02:59INDEPENDENT VOTERS ARE MOSTLY
SUPPORTIVE.
00:03:03THE POLL ALSO SHOWED SUPPORT FOR
A LAW THAT BANS SMOKING IN THE
00:03:07CARS IF A CHILD UNDER 6 IS IN
ONE.
00:03:11JUST OVER HALF APPROVE OF
RAISING THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE
00:03:16INTERSTATE.
17% WANT A HIGHER SPEED LIMIT ON
00:03:20THAT BILL.
NEARLY HALF OF RESPONDENTS
00:03:23OPPOSED THE CREATION OF A SCHOOL
CALENDAR THAT WOULD RUN FROM
00:03:27LABOR DAY TO MEMORIAL DAY.
GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH JOB
00:03:31APPROVAL NUMBERS ARE STILL POOR.
40% OF REGISTERED VOTERS SAY
00:03:37THEY APPROVE OF THE JOB HE IS
DOING.
00:03:3846% DISAPPROVE.
THIS IS THE SAME AS HIS RATING
00:03:47IN THE A POLL LAST MONTH.
WE HAVE A GRAND OPENING DATES
00:03:51FOR THE FIRST TWO CASINOS.
THE CLEVELAND HORSE SHOE CASINO
00:03:59CAN OPEN THE WEEK OF MAY 14.
THE HOLLYWOOD CASINO TOLEDO CAN
00:04:06OPEN TWO WEEKS LATER, ANYTIME
AFTER MEMORIAL DAY.
00:04:09IT DISTILLS HOPE TO BE OPEN IN
LATE MARCH AND EARLY APRIL.
00:04:14-- THE CASINOS HOPED TO BE OPEN
IN LATE MARCH OR EARLY APRIL.
00:04:19THE HOLLYWOOD CASINO COLUMBUS IS
SET TO OPEN AROUND THANKSGIVING.
00:04:24THE CINCINNATI CASINO WILL OPEN
SOMETIME IN 2013.
00:04:29THE STATE HAS A NEW AGRICULTURE
DIRECTOR, REPUBLICAN DAVID
00:04:35DANIELS.
HE RESIGNED HIS SENATE SEAT TO
00:04:37TAKE OVER THE POSITION LEFT
VACANT WHEN GOVERNOR CASE IT
00:04:40MOVES THE FORMER DIRECTOR INTO
THE TOP SPOT AT THE DEPARTMENT
00:04:44OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
IS IT -- IS EXPECTED THAT
00:04:49DANIELS WILL WORK ON AN EXOTIC
ANIMAL MAN AND WILL ADVISE THE
00:04:54GOVERNOR IN DEVELOPING THE OHIO
-- ANIMAL BAN AND WILL ADVISE
00:05:00THE GOVERNOR IN DEVELOPING THE
OHIO OUR OIL INDUSTRY.
00:05:02WE ARE STILL DIGESTING GOVERNOR
CASEY'S STATE OF THE STATE
00:05:09SPEECH.
-- GOVERNOR CAKASIC'S STATE OF E
00:05:16STATE -- KASICH'S STATE OF THE
STATE SPEECH.
00:05:24>> THIS REALLY MEANS SOMETHING.
>> THAT MAY NOT MEAN MUCH, BUT
00:05:32IT HAS BEEN RECEIVED NATIONALLY
AS A PROPOSAL WITH LOTS OF
00:05:35POTENTIAL AND VERY LITTLE
DOWNSIDE.
00:05:40IT IS THE MOST EXCITING THINGS
THAT HAD -- THING THAT HAS
00:05:45HAPPENED TO THE OHIO INTERNET
CONFERENCE.
00:05:52>> WE ARE TAKING THE CURRENT
INFRASTRUCTURE -- WE ALREADY
00:06:01HAVE A LONG-TERM LEASE -- WE ARE
INCREASING IT.
00:06:05I HAVE USED A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT
EXAMPLES.
00:06:10IF YOU THINK OF THE CORE DOORI-
71.
00:06:14-- TOOK I-71, THAT IS THE
CAPACITY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
00:06:24WE ARE LOOKING AT THE CAPACITY
OF WHAT WE HAVE EXPANDED TOO.
00:06:28>> THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAYS
THIS IS AS A HISTORIC AS THE
00:06:37DISCUSSION OF A 1 GIG NETWORK.
>> THIS IS THE SAME MOMENT WE
00:06:46HAD IN 2000.
THESE CARS ARE BEING
00:06:52MANUFACTURED AS WE SPEAK.
WE ARE THE PIONEERS OF MAKING
00:06:56TECHNOLOGY COME TO OUR CAMPUSES.
THIS IS SETTING US 10 YEARS
00:07:02AHEAD INSTEAD OF ASKING WHY NOW.
WE CAN PUT IT IN OUR LABS AND
00:07:10PUT IT IN PRODUCTION AND WORK TO
CREATE SOMETHING BIGGER AND
00:07:13BETTER.
>> THE STATE AND ITS PRIVATE
00:07:17PARTNERS WILL INVEST $10
BILLION.
00:07:20THE LINE TO CONNECT 90 OF OHIO'S
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES
00:07:27AND ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN OHIO
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WILL GO
00:07:30FROM CRUISING SPEEDS INTO HIGH
PER DRIVE.
00:07:32>> IF YOU TAKE THOSE IMAGES, YOU
CAN TRANSMIT THOSE
00:07:39SIMULTANEOUSLY.
IT IS 50,000 TIMES FASTER THAN
00:07:44THE SMARTPHONES WE USE.
I KEEP COMING BACK TO PUT THIS
00:07:49IN LAYMEN'S TERMS.
YOU CHANGE OUT THE ENGINES AND
00:07:53PUT IN ITS 100 GALLONS A BOX.
IT IS TRULY INCREDIBLE.
00:07:58>> HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO
DOWNLOAD A MOVIE OR A BOOK?
00:08:03>> I WOULD NOT HAVE THE EXACT
-- IT WOULD BE MILLISECONDS.
00:08:09>> CONSIDER THE MEDICAL
INDUSTRY.
00:08:14>> THINK ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION
OF DATA.
00:08:18WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW BECAUSE
THESE DATA BITS ARE SO BIG, THEY
00:08:25ARE SAVING EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES
AND SHIPPING IT TO WHEREVER
00:08:29THERE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS ARE
WORKING WITH PRIVATE INDUSTRY,
00:08:32PHARMA, OR WHATEVER THEY ARE
TESTING WITH.
00:08:38THIS WILL ENABLE THEM TO
TRANSMIT INFORMATION MUCH MORE
00:08:46QUICKLY.
>> IMAGES AND SIMULATIONS CAN BE
00:08:51MOVED BACK AND FORTH QUICKLY AND
EASILY.
00:08:53IT WILL HELP SCIENTIFIC AND
MEDICAL RESEARCHERS SHARE
00:08:59MATERIAL AND COMPLEX IMAGES.
THE NETWORK OFFERS THE
00:09:02POSSIBILITY OF ALLOWING DOCTORS
TO PRACTICE PROCEDURES AND
00:09:05SURGERY ON VIRTUAL PATIENTS IN
3-D, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL FOR
00:09:10PHYSICIANS WORKING IN THE AREA
WHERE THEY HAVE NO ACCESS TO
00:09:14CADAVERS.
NO OTHER STATE HAS NETWORKS THAT
00:09:16REACH AS FAR AS ORNET OR THAT
APPROACH THE SPEED IT WELL.
00:09:22>> INDIANA ANNOUNCED TODAY AND I
HAVE BEFORE US THAT THEY WILL
00:09:28IGNITE A SINGLE STRAND OF 100
GIG FIBER FROM INDIANA
00:09:35UNIVERSITY ALL THE WAY TO
CHICAGO.
00:09:37CALIFORNIA CAME OUT TRYING TO
BEAT US TO THE PUNCH.
00:09:41THEY ARE LIKE IN 12.
-- IGNITING ONE, TOO.
00:09:47WE ARE EXPANDING IT TO ALL OUR
FOOTPRINT IN OHIO.
00:09:53THIS IS GAME CHANGING STUFF.
IN THE PRESS RELEASES WE HAVE
00:09:57RELEASED, THIS IS IMPORTANT.
WE ARE GOING TO TOUCH CLEVELAND,
00:10:02COLUMBUS, CINCINNATI, DAYTON.
THEN WE WILL GO TO AKRON AND
00:10:07YOUNGSTOWN.
WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TOUCH
00:10:11PEOPLE IN SOME OF THE OTHER
PARTS OF THE STATE THAT ARE NOT
00:10:14NORMALLY BEEN TOUCHED.
>> MOST OF THE TALK IS HOW IT
00:10:18WILL HELP EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS.
00:10:20INTERNET GIANTS LIKE GOOGLE AND
FACEBOOK STARTED AROUND COLLEGES
00:10:26BECAUSE OF THEIR ACCESS TO HIGH-
SPEED DATA NETWORKS.
00:10:29CONNOLLY SAYS THE STATE CAN USE
ORNET AS A HOOK TO LURE IN
00:10:40PRIVATE BUSINESSES THAT NEED
LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA AS WELL.
00:10:42>> IT IS NOT JUST A SINGLE
STRAND.
00:10:46WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE
FOOTPRINT OF MOST OF THE URBAN
00:10:51AREAS OF OHIO.
>> SHAW IS EVEN MORE OPTIMISTIC
00:10:56ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF OHIO
BECOMING A HIGH-TECH POWERHOUSE
00:11:02AT THE NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL
LEVEL.
00:11:03>> WE WENT TO THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE.
00:11:10IT WAS CLEAR THAT GOOGLE,
FACEBOOK, CISCO HAVE ALL COME
00:11:17FROM AND UNIVERSITIES.
THEY HAVE SPREAD TO SUCH
00:11:23TECHNOLOGY.
WHAT WE ARE DOING IS CREATING AN
00:11:27INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE QUESTION ABOUT, CAN I MOVE
00:11:30AND APPLICATION ABOUT --
APPLICATION FROM HERE TO HERE IS
00:11:36TAKEN OFF OF THE TABLE.
WE HOPE TO CREATE AN INNOVATION
00:11:42CENTER HERE SHORTLY.
WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE PUBLIC AND
00:11:45PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL
BRING THE RESEARCHERS.
00:11:48WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MAKING A
BRIDGE WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR
00:11:53AND ALSO LOOKING AT
COMMERCIALIZATION.
00:11:54WE HOPE WE WILL BE THE SILICON
VALLEY OF THE MIDWEST.
00:11:58>> THE FIRST PHASE COULD BE UP
AND RUNNING IN JUNE.
00:12:05THE SECOND PHASE WILL BE READY
BY OCTOBER.
00:12:10ALSO IN THE GOVERNOR JOHN
KASICH'S STAKE IN THE STATE
00:12:14SPEECH WERE SEVERAL SHOUT OUT.
IT WAS A SURPRISE TO SOME PEOPLE
00:12:18IN THE ROOM IN STEUBENVILLE.
>> BESHEAR?
00:12:23-- IS SHE HERE?
WAVE, JENNIFER.
00:12:31>> HE HAS ASKED THE FORMER
SECRETARY OF STATE TO WORK WITH
00:12:38HIS ADMINISTRATION ON THE ISSUE
OF COLLATERAL SANCTIONS,
00:12:42RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON PEOPLE
WHO HAVE DONE TIME IN PRISON.
00:12:45THEY RANGE FROM LOSS OF VOTING
RIGHTS TO ELIGIBILITY FOR
00:12:49HOLDING CERTAIN JOBS.
THESE DISQUALIFICATIONS ARE
00:12:53COSTING MANY EX-OFFENDERS A
SECOND CHANCE.
00:12:55SHE IS ALSO WORKING ON ANOTHER
ISSUE, THE BALLOT ISSUE FOR
00:13:02ELECTION REFORM THAT WAS PASSED
BY THE REPUBLICAN DOMINATED
00:13:06LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR.
IT SHORTENS THE EARLY VOTING
00:13:09PERIOD TO 17 DAYS FOR AND PERSON
VOTING.
00:13:16IT PROHIBITS BOARD OF ELECTIONS
FROM SENDING OUT UNSOLICITED
00:13:25ABSENTEE BALLOTS APPLICATIONS.
IT PERMITS IN PERSON ABSENTEE
00:13:38VOTING AT THE MAIN BOARD OF
ELECTIONS ONLY.
00:13:41THEY ARE QUESTIONING WHETHER OR
NOT TO REPEAL THE LAW.
00:13:45THEY ARE CONCERNED WHETHER A
REPEAL OF THAT LAW IS
00:13:49CONSTITUTIONAL.
FAIR ELECTIONS OHIO IS WORRIED
00:13:54ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN AFTER
THE REPEAL IF LAWMAKERS TOLD THE
00:14:00LAW THEMSELVES.
THEY TALKED ABOUT BOTH OF THESE
00:14:03ISSUES.
THE GOVERNOR HAS ASKED YOU TO
00:14:07TALK ABOUT COLLATERAL SANCTIONS.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT FIRST.
00:14:10I URGE THE GOVERNMENT TALK ABOUT
PEOPLE WHO CANNOT HAVE
00:14:14COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES
BECAUSE THEY HAVE DONE TIME IN
00:14:17PRISON.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER
00:14:20DISQUALIFICATIONS THAT PEOPLE
WHO ARE EXT. OFFENDERS ARE
00:14:23DEALING WITH IN OHIO?
-- EX OFFENDERS ARE DEALING
00:14:31WITH IN OHIO.
>> THEY CANNOT GET A LICENSE TO
00:14:35CUT HERE.
IN MY YEARS AS A JUDGE, IF
00:14:40SOMEONE WAS SENTENCED FOR FELONY
NON-SUPPORT OF THEIR CHILDREN,
00:14:44THE LAW REQUIRED WE HAD TO TAKE
AWAY THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
00:14:47HOW CAN YOU GET A JOB OR GO TO A
JOB IF YOU DO NOT HAVE
00:14:51TRANSPORTATION TO GET THEIR?
THEY WILL SUSPEND THE -- TOO
00:15:00GET THERE?
THERE ARE OVER 3000 COLLATERAL
00:15:07SANCTIONS.
IT IS NOT TO SAY ALL OF THEM
00:15:09WOULD BE REMOVED, BUT THE -- BUT
LESS USE SOME COMMON SENSE.
00:15:13>> WOULD IT GO AGAINST WHAT
LAWMAKERS HAVE BEEN DOING FOR
00:15:18YEARS IN TERMS OF RESTRICTING
THE ACCESS THAT EX-OFFENDERS
00:15:22MIGHT HAVE TO VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS OF KIDS AND MONEY
00:15:27AND BUSINESSES AND THAT SORT OF
THINGS?
00:15:29>> IT HAS BEEN A HODGEPODGE
PATCHWORK OF LAWS THAT ARE BASED
00:15:34ON LAWMAKERS WANTING TO LOOK
TOUGH ON CRIME.
00:15:38THEY CAN SAY WHEN IT IS TIME FOR
THEM TO RUN FOR REELECTION, I
00:15:44DID THIS.
THEY ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT ALL
00:15:46OF THE COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES
TO EVERYDAY PEOPLE IN OHIO.
00:15:49THE GOVERNOR WAS GREAT.
HE CAME TO THIS MEETING WITH 65
00:15:54PEOPLE.
IT IS NOT OFTEN YOU WILL GET THE
00:16:00GOVERNOR TO COME AND SPEAK TO A
GROUP LIKE THAT.
00:16:02HE DELAYS THIS IS IMPORTANT.
HE SAID, WE ARE GOING -- HE
00:16:09BELIEVES THIS IS IMPORTANT.
WE DIVIDED INTO GROUPS AND WE
00:16:13BRAINSTORM AND CAME UP WITH
IDEAS, ANYTHING FROM BEING ABLE
00:16:17TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON YOUR
REINSTATEMENT FOR YOUR DRIVER'S
00:16:19LICENSE.
THERE ARE OVER AS $40 MILLION
00:16:25COLLECTED BY THE STATE JUST OR
DRIVER'S LICENSE REINSTATEMENT.
00:16:30THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS ON
PEOPLE OF WORKING CLASS OR LOW
00:16:34INCOME.
THAT IS NOT THE WAY IT IS
00:16:36SUPPOSED TO WORK.
>> THIS IS AN ISSUE TALKED ABOUT
00:16:41ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE LIKE
SENSES AND REFORM.
00:16:44-- LIKE SENTENCING REFORM.
BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
00:16:48>> WE ARE BRINGING IN FOLKS FROM
BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AND THE
00:16:54DIFFERENT AREAS THAT TOUCHED
THIS ISSUE AND SAYING, HOW DOES
00:16:57IT WORK FOR YOU?
WE HAVE PEOPLE IN CLEVELAND AND
00:17:03THE HEAD OF THE BLACK CAUCUS TO
MYSELF AND THE HEAD OF THE
00:17:06FRANKLIN COUNTY PROBATION
DEPARTMENT.
00:17:08IT WAS A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE
AND THEY HAD A LOT OF WORTHWHILE
00:17:12IDEAS.
>> IS IT A BALANCING ACT OF
00:17:16BEING TOUGH ON CRIME AND MAKING
SURE PEOPLE WHO DID WRONG ARE
00:17:20PUNISHED APPROPRIATELY AND
GIVING THEM A CHANCE TO GO OUT
00:17:22AND EARN A LIVING AND HAVE A
JOB?
00:17:24>> WHEN I GO BACK TO THE
PURPOSE AND PRINCIPLES OF
00:17:29SENTENCING, IT IS TO PUNISH
OFFENDERS AND PROTECT THE
00:17:33PUBLIC.
THERE IS A FINE BALANCE.
00:17:35THERE MAY BE SOME WAYS YOU ARE
PUNISHING OFFENDERS WHERE YOU
00:17:40ARE CAUSING MORE HARM TO THE
PUBLIC.
00:17:42WHAT AMOUNT OF PUNISHMENT IS
SUFFICIENT AND WHAT DO WE NEED
00:17:45TO DO TO REHABILITATE SO WE HAVE
SOMETHING INTO GETTING TO THE
00:17:49PUBLIC IN BRINGING OTHERS ALONG
WITH THEM?
00:17:51>> YOU ARE WORKING WITH THEIR
ELECTIONS OHIO, WHICH PUT THE
00:17:56BALLOT INITIATIVE ON THE
BALLOTS.
00:17:59YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE
POTENTIAL REPEAL OF HOUSE RULE
00:18:03194.
YOU ARE CONCERNED THEY MIGHT
00:18:05REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE.
>> THEY CANNOT RESTRAIN
00:18:10THEMSELVES FROM WANTING TO
TINKER WITH THE ELECTION LAWS.
00:18:13THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN
HAPPEN TO MY SUCCESSOR AND TO
00:18:19ELECTION OFFICIALS.
ANYTIME YOU MAKE A FUNDAMENTAL
00:18:21CHANGE -- TODAY IS FEBRUARY 14
WHEN WE ARE RECORDING THIS.
00:18:26TODAY WOULD BE THE FIRST DAY OF
ABSENTEE VOTING.
00:18:30BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO STOP
THAT FROM BECOMING LAW, PEOPLE
00:18:34WERE ABLE TO VOTE TWO WEEKS
PRIOR TO TODAY.
00:18:38WE ARE CONCERNED THAT IT WILL
NOT JUST BE A REPEAL.
00:18:42IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE RIGHT
OF REFERENDUM IS ONE OF THE FEW
00:18:48POWERS THE PEOPLE DESERVE TO
THEMSELVES.
00:18:50THEY SAY, LEGISLATURES CAN DO
THIS.
00:18:54THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH CAN DO
THIS.
00:18:56WE WANT TO RESERVE THE POWERS
FOR OURSELVES TO AMEND OUR
00:19:01CONSTITUTION AND SHOOT DOWN THE
LAWS WE DO NOT LIKE.
00:19:02AND TO OFFER YOU LAWS WE DO LIKE
AND SAY, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO
00:19:09PASS THIS.
IF THEY WERE TO REPEAL IT AND
00:19:12REENACT ANY PORTION OF HOUSE
BILL 194, IT IS A SLIGHT OF HAND
00:19:17TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE THE
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT THEY HAVE TO
00:19:20SAY, THIS IS HOW WE WANT OUR
GOVERNMENT TO BE.
00:19:23>> YOU THINK IT IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO DO A REPEAL
00:19:28AND REPLACE.
>> THEY MAY BE WELL-INTENTIONED.
00:19:32THE ELECTION OFFICIALS MAY SAY,
THIS IS MAKING IT EASIER FOR US.
00:19:37PEOPLE CAN TOGETHER AND SAID, WE
WANT TO VOTE ON THIS.
00:19:41THE SPEAKER SAID HE IS NOT EVEN
SURE THEY CAN CONSTITUTIONALLY
00:19:47REPEALS SOMETHING THAT IS
CERTIFIED PER THE BALLOT.
00:19:49I AM GLAD HE IS TAKING THAT
STANCE.
00:19:52>> I AM WORRIED ABOUT DEMOCRATS.
AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR,
00:19:58THERE WAS A DRIVE TO PUT THE
CONGRESSIONAL MAP BEFORE VOTERS.
00:20:01THAT DRIVE ENDED UP WITH A DEAL
IN THE LEGISLATURE THAT CHANGED
00:20:07THE MAP A LITTLE BIT AND MERGED
THE TWO PRIMARIES.
00:20:09I WONDER IF DEMOCRATS ARE
THINKING, IF THEY HAD KNOWN ALL
00:20:13ALONG THE LEGISLATURE WOULD
REPEAL THIS ELECTION REFORM
00:20:18PACKAGE, THEY SHOULD HAVE PUSHED
HARDER FOR THE MAP.
00:20:21DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT IS YOUR
REFERENDUM THAT IS PUSHING THE
00:20:26POTENTIAL REPEAL?
>> I BELIEVE IS OUR REFERENDUM
00:20:30PUSHING PEOPLE TO REPEAL.
JUST THE QUESTION YOU GET IN
00:20:35THE INTRODUCTION ABOUT A POLL
WORKER NOT HAVING TO TELL YOU
00:20:38ARE IN THE WRONG PRECINCT, THAT
IS LUDICROUS.
00:20:42IT IS COMMON SENSE.
I HAVE WATCHED THE REACTION OF
00:20:46AUDIENCES WHEN THIS BILL IS
EXPLAINED.
00:20:48THEY LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND SAY,
WHAT?
00:20:51>> THEY HAVE TO, UNDER THIS LAW.
>> THAT IS NOT DEMOCRATIC OR
00:21:00REPUBLICAN OR ANYTHING.
IT IS NOT SYMBOLIZE.
00:21:03PEOPLE ARE REALLY TIRED OF THAT.
WE DO NOT THINK THERE WILL BE
00:21:08ANY PROBLEMS WHICH THE PUBLIC
SAYING, THIS IS NOT BE LOST OR
00:21:11US.
DO NOT TAKE AWAY OUR VOTING
00:21:14RIGHTS.
TO NOT MAKE IT HARDER FOR US TO
00:21:16VOTE.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.
00:21:18>> ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF PHOTO ID?
00:21:25IT COULD BE A SEPARATE BILL
LATER ON.
00:21:26>> HOUSE BILL 194 SAYS THAT
PEOPLE'S RISE ON IDENTIFICATION
00:21:36ARE DIMINISHED.
-- RIGHTS ARE DIMINISHED.
00:21:41THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET A
BALLOT IS TO GIVE THE LAST FOUR
00:21:46DATE IS OF YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBER.
00:21:47WHAT DID YOU FORGET -- LAST 4
DIGITS OF YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
00:21:56NUMBER.
WHAT IF YOU FORGET?
00:21:59WHEN YOU LAY THAT OUT TO PEOPLE,
THEY SAY THIS IS CRAZY.
00:22:02THIS IS NOT THE OHIO WE KNOW.
>> ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT A
00:22:08POTENTIAL PHOTO ID BILL WHERE
YOU WOULD HAVE TO PRESENT A
00:22:11PHOTO ID?
>> THERE ELECTIONS OHIO WOULD BE
00:22:16PREPARED TO SUBMIT THAT TO AN
VOTE -- A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE.
00:22:20IT IS GOING TO BANG FAR.
PEOPLE JUST NEED TO COME
00:22:24TOGETHER -- TOO FAR.
PEOPLE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND
00:22:30DO WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THERE.
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME COMMON
00:22:33GROUND.
>> IF THE LEGISLATURE GOES AHEAD
00:22:38AND DOES THIS, IS THERE ANYTHING
YOU CAN DO?
00:22:40CAN YOU SUE?
>> IS THERE IS ANOTHER BILL THAT
00:22:44THEY WILL BE OFFERING TO CHANGE
THE ELECTION LAWS, WE WILL
00:22:47SUBMIT THAT TO REFERENDUM.
WE ARE CONVINCED THAT THEY WILL
00:22:51NOT BE ABLE TO LEAVE OUT PART OF
THE HOUSE BILL 194.
00:22:56IF THEY TAKE THAT RIGHT AWAY
FROM THE PEOPLE, WE WILL EXTEND
00:23:01THAT RIGHT.
EVEN SOME OF THE RULES ABOUT
00:23:04PETITIONING ARE IN THE HOUSE
BILL 194.
00:23:06THEY ARE CUTTING SHORT THE
CHANCE FOR A REFERENDUM.
00:23:09THE SECRETARY OF STATE NOTIFY
SOMEONE THAT THEY HAVE FALLEN
00:23:13SHORT OF A FEW SIGNATURES BY E-
MAIL.
00:23:17NOW THE BILL SAYS IT HAS TO BE
BY CERTIFIED MAIL.
00:23:21THEY HAVE EFFECTIVELY CUT THAT
DOWN BY SEVEN DAYS.
00:23:25THE LEGISLATURE SHOULD BE
SAYING, WHY ARE THEY FILING SO
00:23:30MANY REFERENDA?
MAYBE THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING TO
00:23:33THE PEOPLE INSTEAD OF CUTTING
OFF THEIR RIGHTS TO SPEAK?
00:23:35>> I WANT TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS
ABOUT YOU IN THIS PROCESS.
00:23:40YOU ARE WORKING WITH THE JON
CASEY ADMINISTRATION ON THE
00:23:45COLLATERAL'S ISSUE.
YOU ARE WORKING ON ELECTION --
00:23:49DONE KASICH ADMINISTRATION ON
THE COLLATERALS ISSUE.
00:23:53YOU ARE WORKING ON ELECTION
REFORM REPEAL.
00:23:57WHAT ONE GROUP TRIED TO ASK YOU
TO BACK OFF OF ONE OF THOSE?
00:24:00>> WHEN THE GOVERNOR AND I TALK
ABOUT MY BEING INVOLVED IN THE
00:24:06COLLATERAL SANCTIONS ISSUE, HE
TOLD ME THAT PEOPLE SAID, WHY DO
00:24:16YOU WANT HER?
HE SAID, I DO NOT CARE.
00:24:17HE AND I DON'T AGREE WITH EACH
OTHER ON EVERYTHING.
00:24:21WE LOOK AT THE STATE AND WE SAY,
THERE IS A LOT THAT NEEDS TO BE
00:24:27DONE.
LET'S FIGURE OUT WHERE WE CAN
00:24:30WORK ON THINGS TOGETHER AND MOVE
FORWARD.
00:24:31>> YOU RAN AGAINST LEE FISHER
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION
00:24:37FOR U.S. SENATE.
>> HE RAN AGAINST ME BECAUSE I
00:24:41ANNOUNCED FIRST.
>> HE RAN AGAINST -- YOU RAN
00:24:46AGAINST HIM AS A LIBERAL, A
PROGRESSIVE.
00:24:48A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED
YOU AND I LIKE YOU.
00:24:54HAVE YOU KILLED YOUR CHANCES FOR
RUNNING FOR ANYTHING ELSE?
00:24:57>> I DO NOT REALLY CARE.
THERE IS 1/3 REPUBLICAN, WAS
00:25:03SLASHED THE -- 1/3 DEMOCRAT AND
1/3 REPUBLICAN.
00:25:12I DO NOT THINK THOSE ARE THE
KIND OF PEOPLE OHIO WANTS.
00:25:21I AM NOT RUNNING FOR ANYTHING.
IF I CAN DO MY PART, I WILL DO
00:25:25MY PART.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:25:30FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT GET ENOUGH
OF THE STATE OF THE STATE, THE
00:25:36OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS A
WEB PAGE DEVOTED TO IT.
00:25:41YOU CAN FIND OUT THAT ON THERE
WEBSITE.
00:25:45THAT IS IT FOR THIS WEEK.
FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO PUBLIC
00:25:52RADIO AND TELEVISION, THANKS FOR
WATCHING.
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QUESTIONS OR MAKE COMMENTS,
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00:26:04OF OHIO."
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00:26:25P.
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00:26:33ASSOCIATION, WORKING FOR GREAT
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