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  • Governor Kasich issues common sense gun order

    Governor Kasich issues common sense gun order

    The database includes criminal conviction sentences, protection orders, and mental health records that, in Ohio, should be inputted.

    Columbus, Ohio – On Monday, Governor John R. Kasich took action to begin implementing recommendations of a working group he reconvened in April to improve the background check system that helps make sure guns stay out of the hands of people prohibited by law from having them.

    The group reached unanimous agreement on a proposal that has been introduced as legislation in the General Assembly HB 585/SB 288. Those bills include closing gaps in the background check system.

    The working group developed a 39-page report that assessed the current level of compliance in Ohio and identified barriers that exist to achieving comprehensive, up-to-date reporting. Those recommendations include ways to expand training and training to those responsible for submitting data into the system, reforms to reduce duplicative or unclear reporting responsibilities and ensure greater coordination among entities.

    In addition, the working group published a reporting compliance manual for local governments and elected officials who have responsibility for inputting data into the background check system and ways they can overcome compliance barriers.

    By signing Executive Order 2018-10K, Kasich permanently established the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Compliance Working Group to continue working to ensure that gaps in the system are closed. Kasich also signed Executive Order 2018-11K to adopt emergency rules to require law enforcement agencies to upload protection order and warrants into theLaw Enforcement Automated Data System (LEADS) to close an existing reporting gap identified by the working group.

    “By closing gaps in the gun-buyer background check system, we can make it less likely that dangerous people are able to purchase firearms,” said Kasich.

    “By closing gaps in the gun-buyer background check system, we can make it less likely that dangerous people are able to purchase firearms,” said Kasich.  “I’m grateful to the working group for putting together such a thorough report and Ohioans will be safer as result of their continued work.”

    Anyone buying a firearm must undergo a background check to make sure they are not prohibited by federal or state law from possessing a firearm.  Those background checks only protect the public if the information in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, accurate, and up to date.  The database includes criminal conviction sentences, protection orders, and mental health records that, in Ohio, should be inputted.

    Earlier this year, Gov. Kasich brought together leaders with a variety of backgrounds to search for common ground on new policies that can protect Ohioans’ lives and respect their constitutional rights. The group reached unanimous agreement on a proposal that has been introduced as legislation in the General Assembly HB 585/SB 288. Those bills include closing gaps in the background check system.

    The two executive orders can be viewed here and the full report from the working group is available here.

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  • Husted calls for replacement of Ohio’s Aging voting equipment

    Husted calls for replacement of Ohio’s Aging voting equipment

    Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted

    Columbus, Ohio – Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted is asking the Kasich Administration and Ohio General Assembly to include, as part of the upcoming capital appropriations bill, funding to cover the full replacement of Ohio’s aging voting machines. The majority of Ohio’s current voting equipment was purchased more than a decade ago using one-time federal funds made available through the Help America Vote Act (HAVA).

    “It is time for the state’s leaders to step forward and approve a funding plan to replace Ohio’s aging voting technology,” said Husted. “Any plan must ensure that updated voting systems are implemented in advance of the 2019 general election so that elections officials and voters alike are not using new voting equipment for the first time in the 2020 presidential election cycle.”
     
    In a letter sent to Governor John R. Kasich, Ohio Budget Director Timothy S. Keen, and leaders of the four legislative caucuses, Husted expressed the importance of updating the state’s voting machines in time for the 2020 presidential election.

    “The last time Ohio replaced its voting machines the iPhone hadn’t been released.”

     
    “The last time Ohio replaced its voting machines the iPhone hadn’t been released, people still rented movies from Blockbuster, and social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat didn’t exist,” Husted said. “It’s time to make updating our voting equipment a priority.”
     

    “Estimates for a statewide acquisition of new voting equipment is approximately $118 million.”

    The Department of Administrative Services (DAS) has already started exploring costs associated with the implementation of a new system. Based on that research, estimates for a statewide acquisition of new voting equipment is approximately $118 million.
     
    Husted said that since 2011 he as consistently highlighted the need to upgrade voting technology. While Secretary Husted said that he is confident that the current maintenance and operating procedures used by the local boards of elections will provide for a smooth 2018 election cycle. “The approval of funding in the upcoming capital bill will ensure continued efficiency in Ohio’s elections for years to come,” said Husted.

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  • Kasich ordered all flags to be flown at half-staff from sunrise until sunset on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

    Kasich ordered all flags to be flown at half-staff from sunrise until sunset on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

    Today Governor John R. Kasich ordered all flags to be flown at half-staff from sunrise until sunset on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, Thursday, December 7, 2017, in honor of those who lost their lives serving our country.

    From the governor’s Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day resolution: “We remember the lives lost that tragic December morning and we owe all men and women of our military a debt of gratitude that we can never fully repay.”

    The full resolution can be viewed here.

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