Greg Levy for Senate secures ballot access: Ohio, it’s time to vote socialist!
On May 1, the Greg Levy for Senate campaign team filed 14,516 signatures to put socialism on the ballot – more than triple the 5,000 required. On July 28, the team received official confirmation from the Secretary of State that the signature requirement was met. This campaign is no longer just an idea, it is now a reality – over 14,000 people across the state of Ohio are hungry for change. The billionaire class – wealthy politicians and CEOs alike – is destroying our ability to live a dignified life.
The introduction of DOGE slashed the federal workforce, cut down necessary social welfare agencies, and cannot prove what “positive” improvements it made. Billions of tax dollars have been handed over to DHS to expand the repressive and violent criminal agencies of CBP and ICE. SCOTUS – an unelected body of wealthy judges – eviscerated Temporary Protected Status for over 300,000 Haitian immigrants. The far-right has a plan to erode our democratic rights that were won in struggle directly from the civil rights revolution.
Every decision in the hands of the billionaires is to extract as much profit at the expense of both the people and planet. Working class Ohioans are the hardest hit each time a billionaire decides to build a data center, cut Medicaid, close down a school or cut jobs. In fact, 39% of Ohio’s households live at or below the Federal Poverty Level line. The Ohio State Legislature’s solution is to raise the minimum wage to $11 an hour but Ohioans would need to make at least $22.50 an hour to comfortably afford a two-bedroom apartment. Over 1.2 million jobs in Ohio do not pay enough for everyday people to afford the cost of living while the gap between income and rent continues to increase.
Our campaign platform is a call to action. In this political moment, it is clear that our freedom cannot wait! Democrats nor Republicans will have the answers to rapidly address the crises facing millions of workers today. They service the billionaires while we campaign to build a movement in service of the working class. Now more than ever, we need to fight for socialism – a system where working and oppressed people have the political power to organize a planned economy to meet the needs of the people and planet.
Join us in the fight, Ohio is ready to vote socialist!