CLEVELAND, Ohio-U.S. Rep Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH), Cleveland Jobs With Justice Coordinator Debbie Kline, and a host of Democrats and unions from across the state of Ohio are asking voters to vote "No, No, No in November."

COLUMBUS, Ohio-In the wake of two third-degree felony convictions and the jailing earlier this year of an Akron, Oh. Black single mother for lying on school applications to send her children to a neighboring predominantly White suburban school district with the hope of getting them a better education away from the housing projects where the family lives, Republican Gov. John Kasich used his executive clemency authority on Wed and reduced the charges to misdemeanors.

AKRON, Ohio-The Akron Chapter of the League of Women Voters, which is led by Diana Kingsberry, on Thur. hosted Ethnic Journalist and Cleveland Area Blogger Kathy Wray Coleman and WKSU radio news editor M.L. Schultze, who on Aug 8 moderated the Akron Democratic Primary mayoral debate between long term Akron Mayor Dan Plusquellic, Akron City Councilman Michael Williams and Janice Davis.

Schultze and Coleman were the guest speakers at the organization's "Women Equality Day Annual Picnic Representing The 91st Anniversary Of Women Suffrage" and spoke primarily on the theme of whether there is equality for women in politics.

CLEVELAND, Ohio-Rainbow Push Coalition leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and members of the Congressional Black Caucus did not disappoint at a town hall forum at Cleveland State University on Monday spearheaded by U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH).

The event drew a discussion on the Budget Control Act of 2011, the Republican Tea Party, and an Ohio voter suppression bill that Jackson and the legislators visiting Cleveland said is designed to silence Ohio's Black vote and harm the Democratic Party during the upcoming 2012 presidential election year.

"We need the attorney generals of the 34 states to convene and protect the right to vote," said Jackson, referencing states efforts, including Ohio's House Bill 194, in passing and seeking to pass laws slashing early voting and demanding identification to vote, Republican pushed legislation that has labor unions and Civil Rights organizations like the Cleveland NAACP upset.