November 10, 2021

The Honorable Rob Portman

37 W Broad Street, Suite 300

Columbus, OH 43215

Senator Portman:

We the undersigned group of Ohio organizations call upon you to support the Freedom to Vote Act, a transformative legislative package that would create national standards to protect our freedom to vote, get big money out of politics, combat partisan election subversion, and guarantee that congressional districts are drawn to give fair representation for all.

Our democracy is threatened when voting rights are under attack. The Freedom to Vote Act will strengthen our freedom to vote so that we all, regardless of political party, background, or where we live, have an equal say in the future for our family and community. Far from being a federal take over of elections, this legislation provides a minimum baseline for equal access to the polls for every citizen across the nation.

Thank you for considering the Freedom to Vote Act. We hope you will support this very important legislation. If you have any questions, please contact Catherine Turcer of Common Cause Ohio. Her email is cturcer@commoncause.org and her phone number is 614-579-5509.

Sincerely,

Kayla Griffin, State Director, All Voting is Local Ohio

Katy Shanahan, Ohio State Director, All on the Line

Tim Burga, President, AFL-CIO

Carolyn Harding, Co-organizer, Columbus Community Bill of Rights

Catherine Turcer, Executive Director, Common Cause Ohio

Amina Barhumi, Outreach Director, CAIR-Ohio

Sandy Bolzenius, Facilitator, Move to Amend Ohio

Barbar Kaplan, Organizer, Crooked River Action

Rev. Dan Clark, Ohio Director, Faith in Public Life

Rachel Bowman, Program Director, For Our Future Ohio

Antoinette Asimus, Co-leader,  Indivisible Cincinnati Action Team

Sara Sampson, Leadership Team, Indivisible OH12

Jen Miller, Executive Director, League of Women Voters of Ohio

Rev. Dr. Jack Sullivan, Executive Director, Ohio Council of Churches

Janiece Brock, Policy & Advocacy Director,  Ohio Organizing Collaborative

Camille Wimbish, Election Administration Director, Ohio Voice

Tessa Xuan, Co-Director, OPAWL - Building AAPI Feminist Leadership

Chrystal Lett, Ohio Program Director, Red Wine & Blue

Rev. Hank Osmundson, Executive Director, Unitarian Universalist Justice

Nazek Hapasha, Policy Affairs Manager, League of Women Voters of Ohio