July 2014 E-News

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ClevelandThe announcement that the 2016
Republican National Convention will be held in
Cleveland has sparked much-deserved
attention from national media outlets on the
revitalization of Cleveland. From the Los
Angeles Times to USA Today, journalists are
realizing what Clevelanders have known for
years: Cleveland has it all.

Cleveland edged out Dallas, a metropolitan
area of 6.8 million people, as the recommend-
ed location for the convention, giving
Cleveland an opportunity to showcase what the
city has to offer to a national crowd while
placing Ohio even more firmly in the political
spotlight for the upcoming presidential
election.

Cleveland edged out
Dallas, a metro of 6.8
million as the location
for the convention
Enid Mickelsen, the chairwoman of the RNC's
site selection committee, said in a written
statement: "Cleveland is a phenomenal city,
and I can't think of a better place to showcase
our party and our nominee in 2016. This
committee was tasked with difficult decisions
and was presented with several strong options
to host our convention. I'm confident Cleveland
is the right pick for our next national
convention."
CincinnatiOn Friday, July 25, Senator Turner
delivered the keynote address at the National
Council of Urban League Guilds Leadership
Luncheon in Cincinnati. She encouraged
attendees to continue their important work
toward making America a more equitable
nation, with an emphasis on ensuring access to
the ballot and increased economic opportunity.

For her advocacy for voting rights and social
justice, Senator Turner received the Women of
Power Award at a ceremony hosted by CBS
News Correspondent Michelle Miller on
Saturday, July 26. The awards are presented
to influential women in the civil rights,
government, entertainment, journalism, sports
and corporate sectors. Past winners include
MSNBC Anchor Tamron Hall, professional
boxer Laila Ali, U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations Susan E. Rice, and the Honorable
Maxine Waters (D-CA).
Washington, D.C.The Obama administration
has signaled plans to join lawsuits in Ohio and
Wisconsin over recent GOP-backed changes to
state voting regulations

"We have already filed suit in Texas and North
Carolina. I expect that we are going to be filing
in cases that are already in existence in
Wisconsin, as well as in Ohio," U.S. Attorney
General Eric Holder said in an ABC News
interview.

In May, the American Civil Liberties Union of
Ohio sued the state on behalf of the NAACP of
Ohio, the League of Women Voters of Ohio
and several African-American churches for cuts
made to Ohio's early voting period. Republican
state lawmakers eliminated Golden Week, a
five- or six-day period when Ohioans could
both register to vote and cast a ballot.

In June, plaintiffs asked a federal court judge to
restore those days and force Ohio Secretary of
State Jon Husted to establish additional in-
person, early voting hours on more weekend
days and weeknights. Husted, a Republican,
had previously released a statewide, uniform
early voting schedule that excluded Sundays,
ruling out "Souls to the Polls" voting drives by
African-American churches.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Southern District
Court of Ohio, alleges the cuts violate the
Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitu-
tion and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
U.S. Attorney General
Holder Spotlights
Ohio Voting Setbacks
Not My Bosss
Business Act
Sen. Turner co-sponsors a bill to
protect women's healthcare options
Northeast Ohio in the
Spotlight
More about this
ColumbusIn response to the Burwell v. Hobby
Lobby U.S. Supreme Court decision, Senator
Turner joined Senator Tavares (D-Columbus) in
introducing the Not My Bosss Business Act.
In that decision, the Court ruled that some
corporations cannot be required to provide
insurance coverage for contraception methods
that would violate the religious beliefs of
company owners. The ruling was widely panned
as a setback to the personal liberties of
hard-working American women.

The Not My Bosss Business Act will prohibit
employers from excluding birth control from
coverage and from discriminating against an
individual based on reproductive health
decisions. Recent polling from Hart Research
indicates that 84 percent of women agree that
birth control should be a womans personal
decision.

Senator Turner commented that the bill
ensures the right that women should be
the sole decision makers regarding their
reproductive healthnot their bosses or their
government. Women work hard to earn their
workplace insurance coverage, and to have
CEOs dictate what forms of birth control are
acceptable is a slap in the face to American
women.

State Rep. Kathleen Clyde (D-Kent) introduced
companion legislation of this bill in the House.
*Due to a prohibition on distributing mass communications
in the three months prior to an election in which a legislator
is a candidate, this will be the last edition of this
e-newsletter until November 2014.
Sen. Turner Speaks at
National Urban
League Conference
(Marvin Fong, Plain Dealer, 2012, File)
(Jackie Borchardt/Northeast Ohio Media Group)

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