In November, Ohio residents will have an opportunity to vote on Issue 1, a constitutional amendment that would finally abolish the state’s extreme partisan gerrymandering. Voters will not, however, be informed of this fact on the ballot. Instead, the Ohio Supreme Court’s Republican majority ruled Monday that the amendment will be described in egregiously misleading terms on the ballot itself, with ultra-biased language designed to turn citizens against it. Incredibly, a proposal that would end gerrymandering will be framed as a proposal to require gerrymandering, a patently false representation of its intent and effect. The court’s 4–3 decision marks yet another effort to subvert democracy in Ohio by Republicans who fear that the citizenry—when given a voice on the matter—might dare to loosen their stranglehold on power.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/ohio-supreme-court-voter-fraud-gop.html
Three things you can do without spending any money:
Vote in every election.
Talk to your family and friends and coworkers about politics. Make it OK to share your thoughts on current events, and challenge the people around you when their ideas are problematic. Most of all, encourage everyone to vote.
Volunteer. Support a campaign by phone banking or writing postcards or working at the polls or driving voters who wouldn’t otherwise have access to the polls.
If any of this sound overwhelming it’s because time is money. Find a community that can help you have more quality time that doesn’t involve spending money: D&D, nonthiestic church, yoga at the library, or crafting popup at the maker space. It’s an investment in your own energetic capacity and will make all of the parent’s ideas for political involvement more achievable.
That is truly how you begin to bridge idealogical disconnect between meats.