Voter Rights & Responsibilities
You'll need it to legally operate a vehicle but not to vote.
What is a driver's license?
When you are stopped by a police officer, it is recommended that you do this.
What is cooperate fully?
This swing state has become a magnet for political fundraising and attack ads.
What is Ohio?
It's a commonly shown form of identification at airports, but it's not acceptable when proving your identity at the polls.
What is a passport?
This Amendment protects against unreasonable government search and seizure.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Don't look too far for this answer. When nonprofit organizations can collect millions of dollars in contributions without identifying their donors, it's known as what practice?
What is dark money?
If you're looking for non-partisan information about candidates and/or issues, this nonprofit league has been providing neutral information for nearly a decade.
What is the League of Women Voters?
Though difficult to quantify, this term means there is a 50-50 or greater chance that a person was involved with a criminal activity.
What is probable cause?
Required to raise and spend money outside of a particular candidate's campaign, these groups pay for most attack ads.
What are outside spending groups?
If it's been longer than this many years since you last voted, you might be at risk of losing your vote the next time you try to cast one.
What is six years?
This rule forbids the use of illegally obtained evidence in a court of law.
What is the exclusionary rule?
Misleading and untruthful attack ads are safe from state regulation in Ohio, per the 2014 Supreme Court ruling involving this former U.S. representative.
Who is Steve Driehaus?
If you're not registered to vote, you have this many days prior to an election to do so.
What is 30 days?
As a result of this landmark case originating in Cleveland, reasonable suspicion based on facts is now a required prerequisite to stop and frisk.
What is Terry v. Ohio?
A federal judge's recent decision paved the way for requiring anonymous political donors to be identified — the result of an Ohio-based lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission and this nonprofit organization that spent $6 million in ads to defeat Senator Sherrod Brown in 2012.
What is Crossroads GPS?