Amy Acton

Her campaign website proposes a Working Families Tax Cut with a state earned income credit and a child tax credit of $1,000 a year for children up to age 6 and $500 for ages 7 to 18, for families earning up to $85,000.^5,6

Her campaign website says she would reform Ohio's school voucher system, which it says sends billions in taxpayer money to private schools without transparency or accountability, and that public money should be for public schools.⁷

1. Make them available to every family
2. Offer them only to some students, such as those from low-income families or with disabilities
3. No public money for private school or homeschooling costs

Her campaign website says she would restore public school funding to a constitutional level by fully carrying out the bipartisan Fair School Funding Plan.^7,8

1. Increase state funding for public schools
2. Hold funding near current levels
3. Reduce state school funding or slow its growth

Her campaign website says she would expand the homestead exemption by raising its income limit for seniors to $50,000, and offer a rebate of up to $1,000 to qualifying homeowners whose property tax bill rises more than 4% in a year.⁸

1. Eliminate property taxes on primary homes
2. Cap yearly increases or expand homeowner exemptions
3. No new state caps or exemptions; leave property taxes to local governments

Her campaign website says she would make sure Ohio never becomes a right-to-work state.⁹

Her campaign website says she would fight efforts to weaken unions and collective bargaining rights, and would enforce collective bargaining laws and crack down on wage theft and worker misclassification.⁹

Her campaign website says she would fully fund police and local law enforcement, along with addiction treatment and mental health services.¹⁰

1. Increase police funding, for example to hire more officers
2. Keep funding near current levels
3. Shift some police funding to mental health, housing or other services

Her campaign website says she would protect access to safe, legal abortion and fight attempts to undermine Issue 1, saying Ohio voters have made clear that they trust women to make their own decisions.¹¹

Her campaign website says she would protect access to contraception, fertility treatments and miscarriage care.¹¹

Her campaign website supports a conditional moratorium on data centers unless they cover all of their utility costs, are built only with union labor, operate transparently, meet Ohio's environmental standards and are built on brownfields or industrial sites.¹²

Her affordability agenda says she would reinstate the energy efficiency, demand response and renewable portfolio standards that were cut back under House Bill 6.⁶

Her campaign website says she would work to find funding to cover gaps in rural health care programs as funding is cut.¹³

Her campaign website says she would push for state anti-discrimination laws covering jobs, housing, public accommodations and equal pay based on race, gender, sexual orientation or religion.¹⁴

Her campaign website says she would work to protect early voting, prevent unjust voter purges and make sure ID requirements never become a financial barrier to voting.¹⁵

Her campaign website says she would work to bring high-speed internet to every rural and underserved community in Ohio.¹³

Her campaign website supports keeping animal care standards with the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board, where farmers and the agriculture industry set them.¹⁶