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by | Oct 18, 2022

Vote Yes on Issue 1, Vote to Protect Public Sa

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A vote for Issue 1 is a vote to protect public safety.

• Earlier this year, four justices on the Ohio Supreme Court said that Ohio judges could no longer consider public safety when setting bail, even for dangerous and violent offenders.

• The court majority upended decades of law, disregarded their own Rules of Criminal Procedure, and ignored the plain reading of the Ohio Revised Code.

• Ohio judges now have limited ability to keep dangerous and violent offenders off of our streets before trial.

• This decision changed public policy and imposed bail reform in Ohio with no input from Ohioans.

• A vote for Issue 1 is a vote to reverse this dangerous decision and protect public safety.

A vote for Issue 1 is a vote to protect crime victims, witnesses, and Ohio communities.

• Victims, witnesses, and Ohio communities are less safe because of this Court decision.

• Judges used to be able to consider the seriousness of the crime, the offender’s record as a career criminal, the heinous nature of the crime, and whether the offender used a gun.

• Now, dangerous and violent offenders are more likely to be caught and released.

• These offenders have more opportunity to intimidate victims and witnesses. They have more opportunity to obstruct the criminal justice process.

• A vote for Issue 1 is a vote to reverse this dangerous decision and allow your judges to again better protect crime victims, witnesses, and Ohio communities.

A vote for Issue 1 is a vote to promote law and order.

• Bail reform is resulting in tragedy everywhere it is being adopted.

• It is contributing to the rise in crime nationwide.

• It is undermining law enforcement efforts to get dangerous people off of our streets

• It is undermining law and order.

• A vote for Issue 1 is a vote for law enforcement and a vote to promote law and order in your community.

Vote to protect public safety.

Vote to protect crime victims, witnesses, and Ohio communities.

Vote to promote law and order in your community.

Vote YES on Issue 1