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Columbus, OH, August 12, 2011.

Today, the Ohio Supreme Court unanimously dismissed a lawsuit seeking to bar Ohioans this November from voting on The Healthcare Freedom Amendment constitutional initiative. That initiative will allow voters to add to the Bill of Rights and, protected in Ohio's Constitution, an individual right to freedom from government mandated health care decisions. The Court ruled that the move by ProgressOhio to throw out the signatures of more than 60,000 voters previously validated by county boards of elections across Ohio was without legal merit or factual support.

"We are gratified that this decision vindicates the commitment of our volunteer circulators and the decisions of hundreds of thousands of Ohio citizens who signed this petition to entrust personal health care choices to the votes of the affected individuals and families in Ohio rather than the arbitrary dictates of distant politicians and bureaucracies" said Alan Witten, treasurer for The Ohio Project committee representing more than 4000 volunteers who gathered more than 440,000 of the petition signatures that were submitted to the Secretary of State in early July.

Jason Mihalick, also a committee member, added, "We, the volunteers that worked tirelessly during the days, nights, and weekends for the last sixteen months to bring this issue to the ballot, will now turn our complete focus onto the campaign efforts to ensure the passage of this amendment in November. Ohioans for Healthcare Freedom, the campaign arm of this effort, will have the full support and might of thousands of volunteers that have resolved to see this project through to successful completion. We will work to rally voters to the polls in November to vote YES on Issue 3 and thereby send a clear message that no bureaucrat at the state or federal level will tell us what insurance to buy, when or if to buy it, or will limit our freedom to choose healthcare any more than what they already have."

To view the ballot language for the Amendment, which will be Issue 3, visit: http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/uploa...3-language.pdf

For more information about Ohioans for Healthcare Freedom, visit: http://www.ohioansforhealthcarefreedom.org

To view the Supreme Court Case and decision, visit:

http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/Clerk/...number=1%20344
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Ohioans for Healthcare Freedom is the organization that is managing the campaign for passing the Health Care Freedom Amendment in November. Get involved now at the campaign website, or donate to the cause. Just like gathering signatures, the success of the campaign will be completely up to patriots like you to get involved and finish the job that we started 14 months ago when we drew a line in the sand and said "No mandated healthcare!" and "We will protect and defend our freedom to choose!"