Ohioans for Educational Freedom,

Below are recommendations that have been researched by the OEF PAC for your consideration. Please read this BEFOREyou go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. If you are voting early, use this list from your computer or print it out for your convenience. Share with your home school friends around the state.

In addition, here are a couple of reference points:

1. The polls are open from 6:30AM to 7:30PM, so go vote!
   
   
2. This is a general election, which means you will see Republican, Democrat and non-partisan candidates. All candidates, listed herein, are either Constitution Party or Republican, or non-partisan only because there were no legitimate Democratic candidates who supported our World View.
   

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Candidate Recommendations

* = Conservative

Governor/Lt. Governor: Kasich/Taylor

Auditor of State: David A. Yost

Secretary of State: John Husted

*Treasurer of State: Josh Mandel

US Senator: Rob Portman

*Attorney General: Robert M. Owens (Constitution Party)

Supreme Court Chief Justice: Maureen O'Connor

Supreme Court Justice 1/1/11: Judith Ann Lanzinger

*State Board of Education Dist. 2: Kathleen McGervey

*State Board of Education Dist. 3: Mark Haverkos

*State Board of Education Dist. 4: Debe Terhar

*State Board of Education Dist. 8: Greg Butler

*State Rep. Dist. 2: Ron Amstutz (Wayne County)

*State Rep. Dist. 17: Marlene Anielski Cuyahoga County)

*State Rep. Dist. 35: Ron Maag (Warren and Hamilton Counties)

*State Rep. Dist. 50: Todd A. Snitchler (Stark County)

State Rep. Dist. 51: Kirk Schuring (Stark County)

*State Rep. Dist. 52: Travis Secrest (Stark County)

*State Rep. Dist. 55: William Coley (Butler County)

*State Rep. Dist. 61: Michael Foit (Stark, Mahoning, Carroll and Tuscarawas Counties)

*State Rep. Dist. 67: Peter Beck (Warren County)

*State Rep. Dist. 69: Bill Batchelder (Medina County)

*State Rep. Dist. 70: Jarrod Martin (Miami County)

*State Rep. Dist. 78: John Adams (Shelby, Champaign, and Auglaize Counties)

*State Rep. Dist. 88: Danny Bubp (Adams and Clermont Counties)

*State Rep. Dist. 98: Tim Grendell (Geauga County)

*State Senate Dist. 7: Shannon Jones (Warren and Hamilton Counties)

*State Senate Dist. 19: Kris Jordan (Ashland, Delaware, Morrow, Knox, and Richland Counties)

State Senate Dist. 27: Frank LaRose (Summit County)

*State Senate Dist. 33: Matt Lewis (Homeschool Dad, Columbiana County)

Issue Recommendations

Local:

Concerning Replacement Levies - If you have read the article on this home school web site on Replacement Levies, you know it's a bad idea. Government entities rarely live within their means. Of all the taxpayers I've spoken with, they are tired of getting taxed and living in the state with the highest tax rates. Maybe on a local level, taxpayers can tell someone this is not the right approach.

Also, typically, OEF has recommended against local school levies, primarily because home educators pay for their own childrens' education and no one helps subsidize it. Thus, home educators are being taxed twice. Why should home educators not pay for what they use? Some have reasoned it helps their property value, and in a logical way, that is possible.

What's a mill? One-tenth of 1 percent of the tax value of a property.

What's Tax Value? 35 percent of the market value set by Stark County Auditor's appraisals.

What's a Levy? It's a tax on property that voters must approve.

What are the different kinds of levies?

Renewal: This is an extension of an existing levy that costs taxpayers nothing in addition to what is already being collected.

Replacement: This entirely replaces an existing levy and passage usually encourages government not to live within its means. A well-documented article about replacement levies is published here.

Additional: This is a new levy.

What's the difference between an Operating Levy and a Bond Issue? Bond issues are attached to buildings. Operating Levies are attached to salaries, textbooks, firetrucks, and other materials and supplies.

How to Figure Your Property Taxes

Here?s how you can figure out how much a new property tax issue will cost you annually.