Kevin Ritter News

State Rep. Gayle Manning (R-North Ridgeville) announces today the introduction of legislation with State Rep, Jessica Miranda (D-Forest Park) to update and reform Ohio’s campaign finance law. The bill’s language is substantively identical to Senate Bill 240 from the 128th General Assembly. That bill, sponsored by then-Senator Jon Husted, passed the Ohio Senate with bipartisan support, but did not make it to the floor of the Ohio House of Representatives. Manning’s bill will bring Ohio into compliance with the landmark 2010 Supreme Court case Citizens United vs. Federal Elections Commission, which cited the free speech clause of the First Amendment in clarifying the rights of corporations, labor unions, and other entities to contribute to political organizations.