{"id":13794,"date":"2024-10-03T15:36:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T15:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=13794"},"modified":"2024-10-03T15:36:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T15:36:54","slug":"lets-talk-about-project-2025-and-voter-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/03\/lets-talk-about-project-2025-and-voter-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Talk About Project 2025 and Voter Education!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LaVera Scott, Director of Lucas County Board of Elections<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Dawn Scotland<\/strong><\/em>
\nThe Truth Reporter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Prince Hall Masonic Phamily hosted Let\u2019s Talk About It: Project 2025 with State Senator Paula Hicks- Hudson and Voter Education with Lavera Scott, Lucas County Board of Elections Director on Wednesday September 18, at Octagon Hall No. 4.<\/p>\n

Senator Paula Hicks-Hudson spoke about Project 2025, fair maps and the importance of voting YES to Issue 1 this November election.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile everyone is looking at the national Project 2025 there are things happening at the state level that\u2019s already been implemented, and people need to know that,\u201d Hicks-Hudson said. \u201cWe need to also focus on state policies and what\u2019s happening at the state level.\u201d<\/p>\n

In particular, the Ohio senator wants voters to know about Ohio Senate Bill 83. \u201cIt is designed to eliminate DEI and to eliminate tenure tracks for professors and true open discussion because they are saying that colleges are hot bed for liberalism and conservative thought can\u2019t\u2019 be supported,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n

She says it has passed out of the Senate and is currently stalled in the House of Representatives. \u201cThere are all these things that are being done very quietly at the state level and folks need to be aware of it,\u201d stated Hicks-Hudson.<\/p>\n

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Ohio State Senator Paula Hicks-Hudson speaks about Project 2025 and Issue 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cRight now, in the state of Ohio we are at a crisis point as it relates to democracy\u2026 Project 2025 [was created by] the Heritage Foundation, an organization that for the last 20 years or years or so has been working primarily with Republicans driving a conservative agenda for our government.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of the things that we as African Americans we have been blessed to be able to partake in, they\u2019re working to undo them,\u201d Hicks-Hudson advised.<\/p>\n

She highlighted that Project 2025 aims to roll back programs and processes for veterans, dismantle The Department of Education by moving it to the state level and removing civil service protection, among other initiatives.<\/p>\n

Scott, Lucas County Board of Election director, spoke about voter registration, education and requirements, the previous voter turnout and jobs available on and leading up to Election Day.<\/p>\n

She stated, \u201cWe\u2019re less than 50 days out and need to stress the importance of people being prepared for voting on Election Day: checking their registration, reading the ballot, looking at who the candidates are, and doing research before we get to the ballot because people are hoping that we don\u2019t know what we\u2019re doing and we just have to show up and show them that we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Important Information about voting this election:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

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Tanya Roach (Order of the Eastern Star)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION:\u00a0\u00a0Tuesday, November 5, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Close of Registration<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Monday, October 7, 2024<\/p>\n

(To vote in the General Election you must be registered to vote by this date at 9:00 p.m.)<\/p>\n

Absentee voting begins \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
\n(At the Early Vote Center \u2013 3737 W. Sylvania Ave., Toledo)<\/p>\n

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IN-PERSON ABSENTEE VOTING (EARLY VOTE CENTER)<\/strong>\u00a0(begins Tuesday, October 8\u2033, 2024 and ends Sunday, November 3, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.) \u2013 you must present\u00a0ONE<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0of the following:<\/p>\n