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00:00:01>> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST OF THE STATE OF OHIO
00:00:05COMES FROM --
>> THE ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC TICKET
00:00:27APPEARS TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST
TIME FOR AN ENDORSEMENT THAT
00:00:30SIGNALS A KEY ISSUE IN THE
CAMPAIGN.
00:00:31AND IT'S BEEN CALLED "MODERN DAY
SLAVERY," AND UNFORTUNATELY,
00:00:34OHIO IS A LEADER IN IT.
WHAT THE STATE IS DOING NOW TO
00:00:36HALT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
00:00:38OHIO."
CAPTIONED BY THE
00:00:44NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE
--WWW.NCICAP.ORG--
00:00:45>> THE FIRST TEAM TO FILE FOR
GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
00:00:54FOR THE DEMOCRATS WAS TOGETHER
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE KICKING
00:00:56OFF THEIR CAMPAIGN LAST WEEKEND.
AND THE ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC TICKET
00:00:59WAS WITH THEM, AT WHAT IS
OBVIOUSLY AN IMPORTANT EVENT --
00:01:01THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE WHOLE
GROUP BY PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
00:01:04ED FITZGERALD AND HIS RUNNING
MATE SHAREN NEUHARDT STOOD WITH
00:01:07REP. JOHN CARNEY, CANDIDATE FOR
AUDITOR, SENATOR NINA TURNER,
00:01:10RUNNING FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
REP. CONNIE PILLICH, WHO'S
00:01:13RUNNING FOR TREASURER AND DAVID
PEPPER, WHO'S AIMING FOR THE
00:01:16ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
THE GROUP TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY
00:01:18FEEL WOMEN'S ISSUES, ESPECIALLY
THOSE RELATED TO HEALTH CARE,
00:01:20ARE ECONOMIC ISSUES, AND THEIR
CONCERNS ABOUT ANTI-ABORTION
00:01:24LEGISLATION AND POLICIES
INSERTED IN THE STATE BUDGET.
00:01:28SHAREN NEUHARDT WAS CLEARLY
DRAWING A LOT OF ATTENTION AS
00:01:30THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE TICKET.
SHE REPLACES SENATOR ERIC
00:01:34KEARNEY, WHO STEPPED DOWN AFTER
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
00:01:37IN UNPAID TAXES SURFACED.
WHILE SHE'S KNOWN TO MANY
00:01:40DEMOCRATS, NEUHARDT HAS NEVER
HELD STATEWIDE OFFICE AND HAS
00:01:42LOST TWO RECENT BIDS FOR
CONGRESS, SO I ASKED HER WHY SHE
00:01:45THINKS CAN LEAD THE DEMOCRATIC
TEAM TO WIN.
00:01:52>> I LOVE THE CHANCES OF THE
DEMOCRATS ON A STATEWIDE BASIS
00:01:58IN OHIO.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESS THERE.
00:02:01AND I WAS PROUD TO RUN IN
DISTRICTS WHERE REPUBLICANS AND
00:02:08REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS SERVED FOR
A LOT OF YEARS.
00:02:13I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
STAND UP AND HAVE A GOOD
00:02:15DIALOGUE, TO HAVE RESPONSIBLE
CANDIDATES BRINGING FORTH ISSUES
00:02:19THAT CHALLENGE EVERYBODY.
I THINK WHAT THE FOLKS IN OHIO
00:02:23ARE GOING TO LIKE ABOUT ED
FITZGERALD AND ME IS THAT WE ARE
00:02:27NOT JUST TYPICAL POLITICIANS.
PARTICULARLY IN WASHINGTON, YOU
00:02:32HEAR EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT HOW
ASHAMED, EMBARRASSED AND
00:02:35DISGUSTED PEOPLE ARE WITH WHAT A
LOT OF FOLKS ARE DOING ONCE THEY
00:02:37GET A LACK DID, AND THAT IS NOT
-- GET ELECTED, AND THAT IS NOT
00:02:43GOING TO BE ED FITZGERALD AND
ME.
00:02:45I HAVE EARNED A PAYCHECK IN THE
PRIVATE SECTOR, AND I KNOW WHAT
00:02:49IS IMPORTANT.
THAT IS WHAT I AM GOING TO BE
00:02:52TALKING ABOUT.
I AM NOT GOING TO BE JUST
00:02:54ANOTHER TALKING HEAD.
>> PEOPLE TALK ABOUT YOU BEING
00:03:00THE SECOND CHOICE AFTER THE
FIRST RUNNING MATE CHOICE.
00:03:05>> FIRST OF ALL, ON A SERIOUS
NOTE, THERE ARE MANY, MANY GREAT
00:03:11CHOICES FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
TO SERVE THE STATE.
00:03:12I AM VERY PROUD TO BE CHOSEN.
PEOPLE SAID I WAS THE SECOND
00:03:18CHOICE, THEN THIRD STRING, THEN
FOURTH AND FIFTH.
00:03:21MY HUSBAND SAID TO ME THE OTHER
DAY THAT I HAD BETTER GET OUT MY
00:03:27BIRTH CERTIFICATE BECAUSE PRETTY
SOON THEY WOULD BE ASKING ABOUT
00:03:31THAT.
AND GOD FOR BID I BE BORN IN
00:03:32MICHIGAN INSTEAD OF OHIO.
>> I RESPECT HIM.
00:03:38HE HAS BEEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL
FOR A LONG TIME.
00:03:41I THINK HE IS NOT BEING ENTIRELY
REALISTIC.
00:03:46IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO RUN A
LEGITIMATE STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN
00:03:49RIGHT BEFORE THE FILING
DEADLINE.
00:03:54I JUST KNOW THAT FROM LAST YEAR.
I HAVE BEEN IN ALL 88 COUNTIES,
00:03:59AND IT TAKES A WHILE.
I THINK WHAT HE IS FINDING IS
00:04:02THAT TO RUN A VIABLE CAMPAIGN,
YOU NEED A LONG, LONG HEAD
00:04:07START.
AND I THINK HE IS PROBABLY GOING
00:04:08TO FIND THAT OUT.
ON THE GOVERNOR, I HAVE NOT HAD
00:04:14A SINGLE CRITICISM.
>> THIS IS A EGG ELECTION YEAR,
00:04:23NOT JUST WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
RATE BUT WITH ALL OF -- BIG
00:04:28ELECTION YEAR, NOT JUST WITH THE
GOVERNOR'S RACE.
00:04:30BUT WITH ALL THE OTHER STATEWIDE
EXECUTIVE OFFICES, THE ENTIRE
00:04:42OHIO HOUSE, HALF THE OHIO SENATE
AND ALL 16 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS,
00:04:44AND MAYBE EVEN A BALLOT ISSUE OR
TWO.
00:04:46AND BY THE WAY, A KEY MOMENT IN
THE CAMPAIGNS COMES NEXT WEEK,
00:04:49WITH THE 2013 FOURTH QUARTER
CAMPAIGN FINANCE FILING DEADLINE
00:04:51ON JANUARY 31.
I TALKED RECENTLY WITH SECRETARY
00:04:52OF STATE JON HUSTED, NOT ABOUT
HIS CAMPAIGN, AS HE WILL BE
00:04:54RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION TO THAT
OFFICE, LIKELY FACING DEMOCRATIC
00:04:56STATE SENATOR NINA TURNER OF
CLEVELAND, AS I MENTIONED
00:04:58EARLIER, BUT ABOUT WHAT HE
EXPECTS VOTERS, POLL WORKERS,
00:05:00ELECTIONS OFFICIALS AND
LAWMAKERS WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH
00:05:03IN THIS ELECTION YEAR.
>> WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
00:05:08MAKE IT EASY TO VOTE AND HARD TO
CHEAT.
00:05:12WE NEED THE COOPERATION OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO GET THAT
00:05:14DONE.
WHAT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO
00:05:18HAVE AS A PRIORITY IN THIS
GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TO GET
00:05:22ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION
ACCOMPLISHED.
00:05:24THIS WILL BE A TOOL THAT WILL
SAVE LOCAL BOARDS AND TAXPAYERS
00:05:27MONEY, THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER
FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE, AND THAT
00:05:33WILL MAKE IT MORE SECURE AND
MAKE SURE ONLY REGISTERED VOTERS
00:05:41ARE ON THE VOTER ROLLS.
ONLINE REGISTRATION HELPS US GET
00:05:46THAT DONE.
>> YOU PUT OUT AN INTERESTING
00:05:50REPORT ANALYZING ELECTION
RESULTS FROM THE LAST TIME
00:05:52AROUND.
A LOT OF RACES WERE CLOSE AND
00:05:56DECIDED BY ONE VOTE.
>> I WAS READING THE POST
00:06:01ELECTION NEWS COVERAGE AND I SAW
A TIE HERE OR THERE OR WINS BY
00:06:06ONE VOTE.
I ASKED FOR HISTORICAL DATA ON
00:06:11THE CLOSEST RACES AND WE COULD
NOT FIND ANY.
00:06:1343 ELECTIONS IN THE STATE OF
OHIO WERE EITHER TIED OR DECIDED
00:06:21BY ONE VOTE.
I THINK THAT IS INCREDIBLY
00:06:25IMPORTANT TO DISSEMINATE THAT
INFORMATION SO THAT VOTERS KNOW
00:06:32YES, ONE VOTE CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
00:06:34WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MAYORS
RACES, SCHOOL, THINGS THAT HAVE
00:06:40AN IMPACT ON THE FUTURE OF
COMMUNITIES DECIDED BY ONE VOTE.
00:06:46>> YOU WERE LOOKING AT 35 LOCAL
RACES.
00:06:51ONE THIRD HAD RECOUNTS.
ONE VOTE REALLY WAS THE DECIDING
00:06:56FACTOR.
>> I FIND THAT TO BE AMAZING.
00:06:59I ALSO USED IT TO TALK TO
ELECTION OFFICIALS TO SAY THAT
00:07:04DETAILS MATTER.
GETTING IT RIGHT FOR EVERY
00:07:07SINGLE VOTE MATTERS.
WHETHER IT IS A VOTER HAVING
00:07:10TROUBLE CASTING A BALLOT OR THE
POTENTIAL FOR FRAUD, ALL OF
00:07:14THESE THINGS WE DO TO BUILD
SAFEGUARDS REALLY MATTER, SO PAY
00:07:18ATTENTION TO DETAILS.
>> WITH THAT IN MIND, THERE ARE
00:07:27NOW GOING TO BE NINE CRITERIA
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO USE TO
00:07:31DETERMINE IF SOMEBODY IS
ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.
00:07:32SATE SENATE -- STATE SENATOR
NINA TURNER SAYS SHE WANTS A
00:07:39SECRETARY OF STATE TO EXPAND THE
VOTER ROLLS, NOT DIMINISH THEM.
00:07:42TELL ME ABOUT HOW THIS DECISION
WITH JUDICIAL WATCH WOULD AFFECT
00:07:50THE VOTER ROLLS IN OHIO?
>> THIS IS REALLY A SETTLEMENT
00:07:54THAT CODIFIES CURRENT PRACTICES
THAT WE BELIEVE WOULD LEAD THE
00:07:58NATION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE
HAVE GOOD, CLEAN VOTER ROLLS.
00:08:02THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR HELPING
PEOPLE TO VOTE, BECAUSE IF YOU
00:08:05ARE ON THE VOTER ROLLS WITH THE
WRONG ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE
00:08:10MOVED, AND YOU HAVE NOT UPDATED
THAT, WHAT THE SETTLEMENT
00:08:15AGREEMENT DOES IS MAKE SURE YOU
GET COMMUNICATED TO BY THE BOARD
00:08:18OF ELECTIONS TO LET YOU KNOW YOU
NEED TO UPDATE YOUR VOTING
00:08:22ADDRESS.
HAVING CLEAN ROLES IS REALLY
00:08:25IMPORTANT.
YOU WOULD NOT WANT YOUR NAME TO
00:08:33APPEAR IN TWO PLACES, CREATING
CONFUSION AND MAKING IT UNCLEAR
00:08:38IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.
THIS SAVES MONEY FOR THE LOCAL
00:08:42BOARDS OF ELECTIONS TO MANAGE A
CLEANER PIECE OF -- A CLEANER
00:08:47VOTER ROLL AND LESS DATA.
ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE
00:08:51MODERNIZATION ATTEMPTS.
FRANKLY, THEY ARE THINGS WE HAVE
00:08:53BEEN DOING OVER THE COURSE OF
THE LAST YEAR THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
00:08:56DONE IN THE PAST.
WHEN I CAME INTO OFFICE, WE ONLY
00:08:59HAD COMPLETE DATA ON 20% OF THE
VOTERS IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
00:09:02THAT MEANT THAT 80% OF THE
VOTERS, WE DID NOT HAVE
00:09:11NECESSARY INFORMATION TO
VALIDATE THEIR IDENTITY IN TERMS
00:09:13OF THE BALLOTS THAT WERE CAST.
WE NOW HAVE NEARLY 90% OF THAT
00:09:18DATA.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT DISQUALIFYING
00:09:21VOTERS.
THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THE
00:09:22RULES ARE -- THE ROLLS ARE
ACCURATE.
00:09:27>> ONE WORD I DID NOT HEAR YOU
SAY IS FRAUD.
00:09:28WE HAVE SEEN THE VOTER FRAUD IS
NOT A REAL PROBLEM IN OHIO.
00:09:34ANY TIME THERE IS A VOTER WHO IS
NOT SUPPOSED TO VOTE, THAT IS A
00:09:41PROBLEM, BUT SOME SAY THE
PURSUIT OF VOTER FRAUD IS A
00:09:45CRUSADE IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM.
>> I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING YOU
00:09:52COULD SAY ABOUT SUPPRESSION AND
FRAUD.
00:09:54THOSE ARE WORDS PEOPLE THROW
AROUND LOOSELY AND THEY CANNOT
00:09:56REALLY BACK THEM UP.
WHAT WE HAVE TRIED TO DO IS
00:10:00PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION SO
THAT PEOPLE CAN COME TO ACCURATE
00:10:04CONCLUSIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE
PROBLEM REALLY EXISTS, AND HERE
00:10:06IS WHAT WE SAY ABOUT VOTER
FRAUD.
00:10:07IT EXIST.
IT IS RARE.
00:10:11PEOPLE WHO DO IT ARE BEING HELD
ACCOUNTABLE, AND WE CAN CONTINUE
00:10:14TO BUILD A BETTER SYSTEM TO MAKE
SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THE
00:10:17STATE OF OHIO.
PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE CONFIDENCE
00:10:19THAT YES, THERE ARE PROBLEMS,
BUT THEY ARE ISOLATED AND THEY
00:10:25ARE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
AND EVERY TIME WE FIND OUT HOW
00:10:29SOMEBODY WENT ABOUT THE PROCESS
OF FRAUDULENTLY REGISTERING ARE
00:10:32CASTING A BALLOT, WE FIGURE OUT
HOW TO BUILD A SYSTEM WHERE THAT
00:10:37CANNOT HAPPEN.
ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION IS A
00:10:38PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
WE FOUND THAT THERE WERE
00:10:41APPROXIMATELY 260 NONCITIZENS
REGISTERED TO VOTE IN OHIO WHO
00:10:46REGULARLY CAST BALLOTS.
ONE OF THEM HAD BEEN DOING SO
00:10:51SINCE 1963.
ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION WOULD
00:10:56ALLOW US TO BOUNCE THAT NAME UP
AGAINST THE DATABASE AND FIND
00:10:59OUT THEY WERE AN NONCITIZEN.
THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN
00:11:03REGISTERED TO BEGIN WITH AND
THAT WOULD'VE SAVED THEM A LOT
00:11:06OF PROBLEMS, BUILD MORE
CONFIDENCE IN THE SYSTEM.
00:11:08ALL OF THESE CHANGES ARE
IMPORTANT FOR HELPING EVERYBODY
00:11:14HAVE CONFIDENCE.
NO MATTER WHETHER YOU THINK
00:11:17VOTER SUPPRESSION IS A PROBLEM
OR VOTER FRAUD IS A PROBLEM,
00:11:20WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE IT
EASY TO VOTE, HARD TO CHEAT, AND
00:11:23TO BUILD CONFIDENCE IN THE
SYSTEM, AND THE REFORMS WE ARE
00:11:28PUTTING IN PLACE ARE DOING THAT.
>> SO YOU WOULD SAY THAT
00:11:35BILLBOARDS GOING UP IN URBAN
NEIGHBORHOODS REMINDING PEOPLE
00:11:39THAT VOTER FRAUD IS ILLEGAL,
WHICH SOME PEOPLE POINT TO AS
00:11:44VOTER SUPPRESSION --
>> THOSE BILLBOARDS ARE WRONG
00:11:48AND THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
DONE.
00:11:49BUT THAT IS NOT THE GOVERNMENT.
THAT IS NOT INSIDE THE SYSTEM OF
00:11:55ELECTIONS.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE
00:11:57RUNNING AS A SYSTEM OF
ELECTIONS.
00:11:59WE DID THAT ANALYSIS ON VOTERS.
WE ASK THE LOCAL BOARDS TO LOOK
00:12:03AT ALL CASES OF FRAUD AND
SUPPRESSION.
00:12:05THERE ENDED UP BEING ZERO CASES
OF SOMEBODY BEING DENIED THE
00:12:15RIGHT TO VOTE.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS SEND
00:12:19EVERY SINGLE RED -- REGISTERED
VOTER AND ABSENTEE BALLOT TO
00:12:26THEIR HOME.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FILL IT
00:12:28OUT AND SEND IT IN.
YOU NEVER HAVE TO LEAVE HOME TO
00:12:31VOTE.
WE HAVE MADE IT EASY, BUT WE
00:12:33ALSO HAVE TO ADDRESS THE
QUESTION, DID WE MAKE IT HARD TO
00:12:37CHEAT ALSO?
IT IS FINDING THAT BALANCE OF
00:12:40MAKING IT EASY TO VOTE AND HARD
TO CHEAT.
00:12:41THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
DO.
00:12:47THERE IS A LOT OF HYPERBOLE,
PARTICULARLY PRE-ELECTION ABOUT
00:12:51THESE ISSUES.
ON THE BACKEND, WE DID THE
00:12:54ANALYSIS AND FOUND OUT THAT ON
FRAUD IT IS RARE.
00:12:58IT EXISTS.
WE ARE HOLDING PEOPLE
00:13:01ACCOUNTABLE.
ON THE PREVENTION SIDE, THERE
00:13:03WERE NO CASES OF THAT REPORTED
TO LOCAL BOARDS OF ELECTIONS.
00:13:06WHAT THAT SHOULD TELL PEOPLE IS
THAT -- DON'T GET ALL CHARGED UP
00:13:10ABOUT EITHER ONE OF THOSE
ISSUES.
00:13:18IT IS VERY RARE THAT IT EXISTS.
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:13:22WE ARE BUILDING A BETTER SYSTEM
EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO MAKE IT
00:13:24SOMETHING OHIO CAN BE PROUD OF,
AND WE HAVE TO.
00:13:32WE'RE THE NUMBER ONE SWING STATE
IN THE COUNTRY.
00:13:34WE GET MORE NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION THAN
00:13:37ANYBODY ELSE.
>> HUSTED SAYS THERE ARE NO
00:13:41FUNDING ISSUES THAT COULD STOP
THE MAILING OF THOSE UNSOLICITED
00:13:45ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS
THIS YEAR -- THE LAW REQUIRES
00:13:48THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO SEND
THOSE OUT TO ALL REGISTERED
00:13:51VOTERS IN PRESIDENTIAL AND
GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION YEARS,
00:13:53BUT THE LEGISLATURE MUST
APPROPRIATE THE MONEY FOR THAT
00:13:55TO HAPPEN.
AND HE NOTES A THIRD OF THE MORE
00:13:57THAN 5.6 MILLION VOTERS WHO CAST
BALLOTS IN 2014 DID SO EARLY.
00:13:59THE STATE AND THE NATION MARKED
HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS DAY
00:14:01THIS MONTH -- BUT FOR ACTIVISTS
AND SURVIVORS, THAT IS EVERY
00:14:04DAY.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS ESTIMATED
00:14:06TO BE A 32 BILLION DOLLAR A YEAR
INTERNATIONAL CRISIS, AND IT'S
00:14:09OFTEN CALLED MODERN DAY SLAVERY.
AND MOST OFTEN, THE VICTIMS ARE
00:14:11GIRLS WHO ARE TEENAGERS, AND
SOMETIMES PRETEENS, WHO ARE
00:14:13FORCED INTO PROSTITUTION.
BUT SOMETIMES VICTIMS ARE
00:14:15GRABBED AND TAKEN AWAY TO WORK
IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES
00:14:18AND SOMETIMES, ALMOST IN PLAIN
SIGHT -- IN NAIL SALONS, IN
00:14:27RESTAURANTS OR IN OTHER LOCAL
BUSINESSES.
00:14:29OF COURSE THIS SOUNDS LIKE A
PROBLEM THAT WOULDN'T EVEN
00:14:31HAPPEN IN THE US, BUT AS WE'VE
FOUND OUT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS,
00:14:34HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS ALIVE AND
WELL IN AMERICA.
00:14:37AND FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS,
LAWMAKERS IN OHIO HAVE BEEN
00:14:40WRESTLING WITH THE ISSUE, SINCE
OHIO HAS BEEN SHOWN TO ONE OF
00:14:43THE LEADING STATES IN THE NATION
FOR TRAFFICKERS.
00:14:46THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
ISSUED ITS ANNUAL REPORT IN
00:14:48JUNE, SHOWING THAT 30
INVESTIGATIONS OF 21 SUSPECTED
00:14:51TRAFFICKERS HAD BEEN REPORTED IN
THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS,
00:14:55RESULTING IN 15 ARRESTS AND 17
PROSECUTIONS, AND 38 VICTIMS,
00:14:59MOST OF WHOM WERE BETWEEN 18 AND
29 AND HAD ALCOHOL OR DRUG
00:15:02PROBLEMS.
SINCE JUNE, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE
00:15:08INDICTMENTS AND CONVICTIONS, BUT
THEY MAY NOT BE REALLY HITTING
00:15:13THE PROBLEM HARD YET.
TO TALK ABOUT THIS COMPLEX AND
00:15:17SOMETIMES HORRIFYING ISSUE, I'M
PLEASED TO WELCOME REP.
00:15:21-- REPRESENTATIVE TERESA FEDOR,
A DEMOCRAT OF TOLEDO, AND
00:15:24ELIZABETH RANADE-JANIS, THE
ANTI-TRAFFICKING COORDINATOR
00:15:26WITH THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE.
00:15:32-- WITH GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH
OFFICE.
00:15:33THEY WERE TWO OF THE LEADING
FIGURES INVOLVED IN THIS MONTH'S
00:15:345TH ANNUAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING
AWARENESS DAY AT THE STATEHOUSE.
00:15:39WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING TO
THESE MOSTLY GIRLS, MOSTLY
00:15:44TEENAGE GIRLS, AND IS THIS JUST
AN URBAN PROBLEM OR IS IT THE
00:15:48ENTIRE STATE?
>> TO MASTER TRAFFICKING APPEARS
00:15:52TO MOSTLY INVOLVE GIRLS.
THE AVERAGE AGE OF ENTRY IS 13
00:15:54YEARS OF AGE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT KIDS COMING
00:15:58FROM BACKGROUNDS -- IT SHOULD BE
REALLY CLEAR.
00:16:01ANYONE CAN BE A VICTIM OF
TRAFFICKING.
00:16:03WE DO SEE THAT LOTS OF FOLKS WHO
START AS CHILDREN OR YOUNG
00:16:15ADULTS OFTEN COME FROM A
BACKGROUND WHERE THEY DID NOT
00:16:17HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM.
THEY MAY IDENTIFY WITH THEIR
00:16:20TRAFFIC OR MORE AS A CAREGIVER
AS TWISTED AS THAT SEEMS TO US.
00:16:24OFTEN, YOUTH WHO ARE HOMELESS OR
RUN AWAY ARE AT MUCH HIGHER RISK
00:16:28FOR BEING TRAFFICKED.
I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
00:16:33TO SAY THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY
AN ISSUE HAPPENING IN RURAL
00:16:36AREAS, BUT WE ARE JUST STARTING
TO GET A HAND ON THAT.
00:16:42IN OUR LAST REPORT, THERE WERE
20 IDENTIFIED CASES OF MINORS,
00:16:48AND A HANDFUL OF THEM WERE FROM
RURAL AREAS.
00:16:51IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
PEOPLE WERE COMMERCIALLY -- WILL
00:16:55COMMERCIALLY EXPLOIT OTHERS
ANYWHERE.
00:16:57>> WHEN YOU SAY COMMERCIALLY
EXPLOIT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW
00:17:00THAT IT IS NOT JUST SEX
TRAFFICKING, WHICH DOES GET MOST
00:17:04OF THE ATTENTION, BUT THERE IS
LABOR TRAFFICKING LIKE NAIL
00:17:08SALONS WHERE YOU WILL HAVE WHOLE
GROUPS OF WOMEN PACKED IN THERE,
00:17:11RESTAURANTS AND OTHER PLACES.
>> HOTELS, AGRICULTURE, AND HE
00:17:16PLACE WHERE THERE IS A REAL NEED
AND SOMEONE THEY CAN EXPLOIT.
00:17:19VULNERABILITY IS THE KEY.
>> BUT THE LAW IS NOT FOCUSED ON
00:17:26THEM AS MUCH AS THE SEX
TRAFFICKING, RIGHT?
00:17:28>> WELL, WE HAVE MORE CASES OF
COMMERCIAL SEX TRAFFICKING.
00:17:32WE KNOW THAT LABOR TRAFFICKING
IS HAPPENING IN OHIO.
00:17:36I THINK IT IS HARDER TO DISCOVER
AND THE BIG DEMS ARE TRULY
00:17:42TRAUMATIZED.
THAT IS THE WHOLE IDEA OF OWNER
00:17:43ABILITY.
-- OF FULL OR ABILITY.
00:17:49YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE COOPERATION
OF THE VICTIM.
00:17:50A LOT OF TIMES THE VICTIMS DO
NOT REALIZE THEY ARE VICTIMS.
00:17:54A LOT OF SURVIVORS DID NOT
REALIZE THEY WERE TRAFFICKING
00:17:59VICTIMS UNTIL MANY YEARS LATER.
I THINK WE'RE ARE GOING TO HAVE
00:18:01THAT PHENOMENON IN OHIO AS WE
DISCOVER WHAT THIS REALLY IS.
00:18:07BUT YES, THERE IS LABOR
TRAFFICKING, AND WE BELIEVE
00:18:12BECAUSE OHIO IS A MAJOR
AGRICULTURAL STATE THAT THERE IS
00:18:15PROBABLY MORE THAN WE KNOW.
WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD
00:18:17IMMIGRATION BILL IN THE UNITED
STATES AND THIS HAS BEEN A
00:18:22NATIONAL PROBLEM, NOT A STATE
PROBLEM.
00:18:23WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT
THIS AND PREVENT THIS BY
00:18:27EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY AND
EVERYONE BECOMING AWARE, TAKING
00:18:30A LOOK AT SIGNS, CARING ABOUT
SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE THEY
00:18:33MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE OR THEY ARE
SCARED, YOU KNOW, IT IS GOING TO
00:18:37BE A LONG ROAD AHEAD.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
00:18:39FOR QUITE A WHILE.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET TO
00:18:49THE POINT WHERE THIS PROBLEM IS
GETTING SOLVED, OR CAN IT BE?
00:18:52>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I FIRST BECAME AWARE OF THIS
00:18:57ISSUE IN 2000 FIVE WITH AN FBI
TASK FORCE.
00:19:00THIS WAS IN PITTSBURGH,
PENNSYLVANIA.
00:19:03THERE WERE 151 VICTIMS FROM
TOLEDO, A LOT OF THEM CHILDREN.
00:19:13THAT OPENED MY EYES TO AN ISSUE
I HAD NEVER HEARD ABOUT.
00:19:17WE STARTED WORKING TOGETHER WITH
SENATOR GOODMAN, SENATOR
00:19:24KATHLEEN CHANDLER, AND TAKING A
LOOK AT THIS, BUT WE WERE SO
00:19:26SHOCKED BY THIS, AND BY
TERMINOLOGY WE NEVER HEARD OF,
00:19:34WE SET HOW DO WE DO THIS?
WEEK CAME TO POLARIS PROJECT.
00:19:36THEN I HAD TO BREAK THE NEWS TO
MY COLLEAGUES.
00:19:40THAT WAS THE TOUGHEST ISSUE.
BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE ADEQUATE
00:19:45LAWS.
WE DID NOT HAVE ADEQUATE
00:19:48PROCEDURES.
IT IS ABOUT TRAINING TEACHERS ON
00:19:50THE FRONT LINES, YOUR HOSPITAL
WORKERS, ALL OF THE FRONT-LINE
00:19:56WORKERS WHO SEE THESE PEOPLE
EVERY DAY BUT ARE NOT AWARE OF
00:20:00IT.
WE HAVE BEEN CREATING POLICIES
00:20:03AND PROCEDURES, AND THEY'VE BEEN
WALKING AROUND FOR A CENTURY.
00:20:06SEX TRAFFICKING IS PROSTITUTION.
IT IS NOT THE OLDEST PROFESSION
00:20:10IN THE WORLD.
IT IS THE OLDEST OPPRESSION OF
00:20:15WOMEN IN THE WORLD, OR ANYONE
WHO IS HONORABLE.
00:20:18LABOR TRAFFICKING PREYS ON
VULNERABILITY AND SOMEONE TAKING
00:20:23ADVANTAGE FOR FINANCIAL GAIN.
IT IS BECOMING THE LARGEST
00:20:27CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN THE WORLD
AND IN FIVE YEARS IT WILL BE
00:20:30LARGER THAN DRUG TRAFFICKING AND
GUN TRAFFICKING.
00:20:32BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE
VICTIMS COMING OUT OF THIS.
00:20:37THIS IS A WHOLE NEW REALM OF
REALLY CRACKING DOWN ON CRIME
00:20:44AND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES.
IF WE CAN DO THIS AND DO IT
00:20:46WELL, THEN WE ARE CORRECTING
MANY OTHER THINGS SUCH AS
00:20:49POVERTY, EDUCATION, GOOD JOBS.
WE ARE ATTRACTING THE JUG ISSUE
00:20:55-- ATTACKING THE DRUG ISSUE.
WE CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE THAT A
00:21:01CHILD BEING BORN TODAY SUCH AS
MY GRANDSON OR A TWO-YEAR-OLD,
00:21:05THAT THEIR GENERATION WILL BE
PROTECTED.
00:21:06WE WILL BE ABLE TO PREVENT THIS.
WE HAVE THE GLASSES ON.
00:21:11AND I GUARANTEE YOU ANYONE WHO
IS OPERATING THIS KIND OF
00:21:14CRIMINAL OPERATION WILL BE
CAUGHT, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING
00:21:20AWAY.
EVEN IF I AM NOT HERE AS A
00:21:22LEGISLATOR, WE ARE NOT GOING
AWAY BECAUSE WE HAVE A SOLID
00:21:25GROUP, A COALITION, THE EFFORT,
THE POLITICAL WILL TO DO WHAT IT
00:21:27TAKES, AND IT HAS TAKEN A LONG
TIME FOR US, LEGISLATIVELY, TO
00:21:34PUT THE TOOLS IN PLACE FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
00:21:37NOW WE HAVE TO TRAIN LAW-
ENFORCEMENT TO THINK OF THIS
00:21:40DIFFERENTLY, NOT JUST
PROSTITUTES. >> YOU HAVE GOTTEN
00:21:45SURVIVORS TO SPEAK READY OPENLY
ABOUT THIS TO FOLKS WHO MIGHT
00:21:50NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DEALING
WITH.
00:21:52>> AND THAT IS ESSENTIAL.
THE MORE WE CAN MAKE THIS A
00:21:54SURVIVOR MOVEMENT THE MORE
IMPACTFUL IT WILL BE OVER THE
00:22:00LONG TERM.
AS THE SENATOR ALLUDED TO
00:22:01EARLIER, MOST PEOPLE DO NOT
IDENTIFY AS TRAFFICKING VICTIMS.
00:22:09THEY HAVE BEEN WORN DOWN AFTER
YEARS OF ABUSE AND PERHAPS DRUG
00:22:14ADDICTION.
IT REALLY TAKES YEARS OF
00:22:17COUNSELING AND REHABILITATION
AND A REALLY GOOD SUPPORT
00:22:19NETWORK TO GET PEOPLE TO THAT
POINT, AND THE MORE WE CAN
00:22:23ENGAGE SURVIVORS TO LEAD THAT
CHARGE AND HELP US BETTER
00:22:25CONNECT WITH THIS, THE MORE
SUCCESSFUL WE WILL BE.
00:22:31>> AS FAR AS THE SURVIVORS, I
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE COMMENT
00:22:34THAT RELATES TO WHAT YOU SAID.
WE ARE HERE TODAY IN OHIO
00:22:38BECAUSE OF THEIR WORK.
BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON THEY
00:22:41FELT COMPELLED TO DO SOMETHING.
I SEE THE TRANSITION IN THE LAST
00:22:48EIGHT YEARS.
THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO THE
00:22:53STATEHOUSE IN FRONT OF THAT
COMMITTEE, THEY WERE REJECTED,
00:22:57OUT NOW REJECTED.
IT'S JUST PROSTITUTION.
00:22:59IT'S YOUR FAULT.
I HEARD IT.
00:23:00I WAS IN THE SENATE AND THE
HOUSE, AND I WAS LIKE, OH MY
00:23:07GOSH, HOW ARE WE EVER GOING TO
MAKE PROGRESS IN GETTING A LOT.
00:23:10YOU SAID WE NEED TO CHANGE
CULTURAL PARADIGMS, THAT WE NEED
00:23:15A REAL SHIFT TO DO THAT.
SURVIVORS HAVE TO FEEL
00:23:19EMPOWERED.
CAN WE DO THAT AS MUCH AS
00:23:21POSSIBLE?
THIS IS THEIR SAFE HOUSE.
00:23:23THEY ARE GOING TO BE RESCUED,
BUT WE NEED TO CHANGE THE
00:23:28PARADIGMS OF HOW RESEARCHERS
LOOK AT THE BASIC QUESTIONS.
00:23:30WE ARE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB OF
LOOKING AT THE KIND OF QUESTIONS
00:23:34THAT RESEARCH TAKES A LOOK AT IN
CHILD PROSTITUTION.
00:23:38THE RESEARCH I HAVE DONE REALLY
BLAMES THE CHILD.
00:23:43THEY ARE NOT TAKING A LOOK AT A
SURVIVOR'S PERSPECTIVE.
00:23:46WHEN YOU GET TO THAT, I BELIEVE
THE SURVIVORS COULD HELP US GET
00:23:50TO REAL GOOD ANSWERS TO THESE
QUESTIONS ON POVERTY.
00:23:52WHAT DO WE NEED IN TERMS OF
REFORM OF CHILD WELFARE?
00:23:58WHAT KIND OF CHANGES DO WE NEED?
THEY ARE THE ONES WE NEED TO
00:24:01LISTEN TO, AND THEY HAVE A HUGE
IMPACT ON OUR GOVERNMENT AND HOW
00:24:05IT SERVES PEOPLE, AND OUR MONEY
AND HOW IT'S BEING INVESTED.
00:24:07IN MY OPINION, THROUGHOUT THIS
WHOLE PROCESS, THEY HAVE BEEN
00:24:14THE KEYPAD THE KEY.
THAT IS WHY I ALWAYS SAY THANKS
00:24:19TO THEM.
WE NEED TO GIVE THEM A LOT MORE
00:24:24CREDIT.
>> IN EIGHT YEARS YOU HAVE BEEN
00:24:26WORKING ON THIS, HAS THIS GONE
FROM A PARTISAN ISSUE OR AN
00:24:33ISSUE NOBODY WANTED TO TALK
ABOUT TO A BIPARTISAN ISSUE?
00:24:36YOU HEAR PEOPLE FROM BOTH SIDES
TALK ABOUT THIS.
00:24:40>> THIS HAS NEVER BEEN A
PARTISAN ISSUE.
00:24:43THIS HAS BEEN A HUMANITARIAN
ISSUE.
00:24:44FOR ME, SERVING 13 YEARS IN THE
STATEHOUSE IN GOING THROUGH THE
00:24:49WHOLE PROCESS -- AND I NEVER
SERVED ONE DAY IN OFFICE UNTIL I
00:24:51GOT HERE.
I WENT FROM THE SCHOOLHOUSE TO
00:24:53THE STATEHOUSE. IT WAS A HUGE
TRANSITION, BUT WHAT I HAVE SEEN
00:25:00WITH THIS IS SO HOPEFUL.
IT REALLY DREW A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:25:03WHO NORMALLY ARE DIVIDED.
IT BROUGHT EVERYTHING TOGETHER
00:25:12AND IT REALLY CAN GO SOMEWHERE
IN THIS STATE, NOT JUST FOR
00:25:17FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING,
LABOR TRAFFICKING OR SEXUAL
00:25:20TRAFFICKING, BUT EVERYTHING
INVOLVED.
00:25:21>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
00:25:23AT THE ANNUAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING
AWARENESS DAY, ELIZABETH RANADE-
00:25:27JANIS UNVEILED ONE OF THE
STATE'S NEWEST TOOLS IN FIGHTING
00:25:29THIS CRIME -- 5,000 POSTERS THAT
WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO REST
00:25:33AREAS AND TRUCK STOPS AS WELL AS
PUT UP ON BILLBOARDS, IN SOUP
00:25:38KITCHENS AND BUS STATIONS, AND
IN HALFWAY HOUSES, JUVENILE
00:25:41FACILITIES AND PRISONS TO RAISE
AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM AND
00:25:45DIRECT VICTIMS AND THOSE WHO
WANT TO HELP THEM TO RESOURCES.
00:25:48AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO PUBLIC
00:25:50RADIO AND TELEVISION, THANKS FOR
WATCHING.
00:25:53IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS,
MAKE COMMENTS, OR WATCH THIS
00:25:55WEEK'S SHOW OR EARLIER EPISODES,
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
00:25:57STATENEWS.ORG, OR WATCH ON THE
OHIO CHANNEL'S WEBSITE.
00:26:00AND YOU CAN FOLLOW JO INGLES,
ANDY CHOW AND ME ON TWITTER.
00:26:02AND PLEASE JOIN US AGAIN NEXT
TIME FOR "THE STATE OF OHIO."
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