To the editor:

Do you want the freedom to make decisions that affect your life and improve your community? Ohio voters have had that right since 1912 by using ballot initiatives to exercise that freedom.

Now, lobbyists, special interests, and extremist politicians in the Ohio Statehouse want to take this power away from citizens. House Joint Resolution 1 (HJR1) is a blatant political power grab in an attempt to secure more power and control for themselves and less power for voters to decide on issues that matter most.

We must protect our ballot initiative process and make it easier for citizens to have their voices heard and make real change in their communities, instead of putting up roadblocks that silence voters. Call your legislator and oppose HJR 1.

John Dyce,

Hanoverton