That’s what opponents of the industry-backed referendum should be called. They are making a new push to have the Attorney General reject new ballot language. From the story:
Housing advocates are urging Ohio Attorney General Nancy Rogers to reject the ballot language that summarizes a pair of proposals by payday lenders seeking to overturn a law that tightens borrowing rules for the industry.
One of the proposals seeks to reject the entire law signed by Governor Ted Strickland in May, the other to eliminate a portion of the law.
Why are these people so strongly against Ohioans voting on the issue?
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1 John // Jul 8, 2008 at 8:24 am
The TRUTH seems to be getting in the way of the democratic process. The essence of the problem is very simple. The petition summary language hasn’t been truthful and includes no reference to the interest rate cap of 28% APR. Perhaps if the Reject HB 545 Committee’s attorneys chose to include some of the fundamental tenants of the bill (like the rate cap), the Attorney General would approve the language and the signature collection could begin.
Ohio law is pretty clear about the AG’s responsibility to review petition summary language: “Not later than 10 business days after receiving a copy of the petition, measure, and summary, the attorney general shall examine the summary and, if in the attorney general’s opinion, the summary is a fair and truthful statement of the measure to be referred, so certify.” The AG hasn’t found the summary to be fair and truthful. Pretty darn cut and dry! Give the voters the truth about the impact of the referendum!
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