The rest of the contributions came from a variety of business and individual interests. Disclosure allows voters to see the flow of money in Ohio politics, to know before voting the economic interests supporting a candidate. The Center examined the candidates' record of compliance with the employer identification requirements in the law. The Center examined the campaign finance reports submitted by each candidate from 1999 through the September monthly filing October 3, 2000.
Voters deserve to know the economic affiliation of contributors, as required by law.
It doesn't make sense for a Supreme Court candidate to fail to provide the employer identification for well-known people such as James Dicke of Crown Equipment and Richard Farmer of Cintas. The report, funded by the Joyce Foundation and the George Gund Foundation, was conducted by the Citizens Policy Center, the non-profit research affiliate of Ohio Citizen Action. Ohio Citizen Action campaigns on issues from public health and the environment to utility and insurance rates.