Institutions & Organizations

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1	Ohio League of Women Voters For more than 85 years, the League of Women Voters ("The League") has been a leader in working to ensure that all citizens have a free role in making democracy work.	495
2	Abigail Adams Project The Abigail Adams Project is a volunteer, non-partisan, voter education project that will powerfully impact how candidates are elected. Our voter guides address each candidate's views about the Constitutional responsibilities of elected officials in all levels of government: local, state, and national. Party affiliations are NOT listed on the voter guides to remove bias and, instead, focus on the candidate's character and issues.	208
3	Free & Equal Elections Free & Equal is a non-partisan election reform and activist organization dedicated to improving ballot access laws in the United States. Many states have restrictive requirements that make it difficult for Independent and Third Party candidates to place their names on the ballot. Free & Equal will challenge these laws, through lobbying of state legislators, court challenges, and initiatives. Free & Equal will also engage in activism for causes independent of the current two-party duopoly.	941
4	Advocates for Self Government "Our specialty is improving the skills and tools of people who believe in the freedom philosophy so that they can reach opinion leaders."	764
5	Ohio Liberty Council The Ohio Liberty Council was initiated by members of local Tea Party groups, 912 groups, the Ohio Freedom Alliance, and the Campaign for Liberty in June 09. It was conceived as a way to get all liberty minded groups and individuals in Ohio connected and communicating on issues and activities. But more importantly we seek to create concerted action among all these groups in Ohio. By working together we can be more successful and achieve real results to protect and promote liberty in Ohio. The members of the Ohio Liberty Council initially decided that the first and most important issue for us to come together on is state sovereignty.	1053
6	Ohio Freedom Alliance The Ohio Freedom Alliance is a diverse group of Ohio residents who have come together to preserve and protect liberty in America as it was originally intended by our founding fathers. Members of the OFA are from all different demographics and political affiliations. The Ohio Freedom Alliance was founded in order to facilitate greater communication and cooperation between various freedom-minded individuals and organizations. Our intention is not to replace or dilute the efforts of existing organizations, but rather unite all freedom-minded individuals and groups. Through this network of OFA affiliated individuals and groups, we can all be more effective together than we can be alone.	2051
7	1851 Center for Constitutional Law The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, an independent legal center dedicated to protecting the constitutional rights of Ohioans from government abuse. The 1851 Center was formally affiliated with the Buckeye Institute, a Columbus-based free market think tank.	662
8	The Buckeye Institute The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions is a nonpartisan research and educational institute devoted to individual liberty, economic freedom, personal responsibility and limited government in Ohio.	1220
9	Mackinac Center For Public Policy The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonpartisan research and educational institute devoted to improving the quality of life for all Michigan citizens by promoting sound solutions to state and local policy questions. The Mackinac Center assists policy makers, scholars, business people, the media and the public by providing objective analysis of Michigan issues. The goal of all Center reports, commentaries and educational programs is to equip Michigan citizens and other decision makers to better evaluate policy options.	152
10	The Cato Institute The mission of the Cato Institute is to increase the understanding of public policies based on the principles of limited government, free markets, individual liberty, and peace. The Institute will use the most effective means to originate, advocate, promote, and disseminate applicable policy proposals that create free, open, and civil societies in the United States and throughout the world.	95
11	Libertarianism by the Cato Institute Libertarianism.org is a resource on the theory and history of liberty. It is published by the Cato Institute and includes blogs, essays, and video.	119
12	Concord Coalition The Concord Coalition is dedicated to educating the public about the causes and consequences of federal budget deficits, the long-term challenges facing America's unsustainable entitlement programs, and how to build a sound economy for future generations. The Concord Coalition's national field staff and loyal group of volunteers cover the country, holding lectures, interactive exercises, conducting classes, giving media interviews, and briefing elected officials and their staffs.	747
13	Ludwig von Mises Institute You have found the world center of the Austrian School of economics and libertarian political and social theory. This site offers many thousands of hours of audio and video, thousands of free books in the literature section along with the full run of rare and wonderful journals, biographies and bibliographies of great economists, an active bookstore with outstanding titles as well as ties and shirts, and a full community with forums, chat, user blogs, and more. It is a city unto itself, and it is growing every day. We've placed some links to the right to get you going.	616
14	Bureau Crash Bureaucrash is an international network of activists, called crashers, who share the goal of increasing individual freedom and decreasing the scope of government. Through Bureaucrash Social, crashers connect and collaborate on ways to use guerrilla marketing and new media to introduce others to the ideas of individual liberty, personal responsibility, and free markets. In short, we fight for freedom.	1185
15	Downsize DC We believe the federal government has grown too centralized, too intrusive, and too expensive. We believe in constitutional limits, smaller government, civil liberties, federalism, and low taxes. We want to end laws and programs that don't work, cause harm, and violate the Constitution. We want to restore the full force of the 9th and 10th amendments, which reserve most social functions to the people and the states.	126
16	FreedomWorks FreedomWorks fights for lower taxes, less government and more economic freedom for all Americans. FreedomWorks combines the stature and experience of America’s greatest policy entrepreneurs with the grassroots power of hundreds of thousands of volunteer activists all over the Nation.	91
17	Americans For Fair Taxation (FairTax) Americans For Fair Taxation was formed in 1995 as a 501 (c)(4) nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots organization solely dedicated to replacing the current tax system.	130
18	Americans for Tax Reform Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) opposes all tax increases as a matter of principle. We believe in a system in which taxes are simpler, flatter, more visible, and lower than they are today. The government's power to control one's life derives from its power to tax. We believe that power should be minimized.	654
19	Gun Owners of America Gun Owners of America (GOA) is a non-profit lobbying organization formed in 1975 to preserve and defend the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. GOA sees firearms ownership as a freedom issue.	113
20	National Federation of Independent Business NFIB’s mission is to promote and protect the right of our members to own, operate and grow their businesses. NFIB also gives its members a power in the marketplace. By pooling the purchasing power of its members, the National Federation of Independent Business gives members access to many business products and services at discounted costs. NFIB also provides timely information designed to help small businesses succeed.	89
21	Alliance for School Choice Join us in our effort to take back America’s education for parents and students! The Alliance for School Choice believes that parents deserve more control over the education of their children. That’s why we support school vouchers and scholarship tax credit programs. We need your help to promote real education reform. Sign up today to be a school choice advocate!	852
22	Alliance for the Seperation of School and State The Alliance for the Separation of School & State has a two-fold mission: 1. Help parents and others understand the true nature and the dangers of compulsory state schooling. 2. Show parents and others how they can take back their freedom and ensure a bright future for their children and our country. Through our web site, literature, conferences, speaking engagements, our newsletter and our many volunteers, we spread this message of hope and liberty, we encourage parents to Keep their Children, and we encourage others to support parents in this cause.	589
23	Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Founded on March 16, 2002, LEAP is made up of current and former members of law enforcement who believe the existing drug policies have failed in their intended goals of addressing the problems of crime, drug abuse, addiction, juvenile drug use, stopping the flow of illegal drugs into this country and the internal sale and use of illegal drugs. By fighting a war on drugs the government has increased the problems of society and made them far worse. A system of regulation rather than prohibition is a less harmful, more ethical and a more effective public policy.	676
24	Marijuana Policy Project MPP and MPP Foundation envision a nation where marijuana is legally regulated similarly to alcohol, marijuana education is honest and realistic, and treatment for problem marijuana users is non-coercive and geared toward reducing harm.	84
25	The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws NORML's mission is to move public opinion sufficiently to achieve the repeal of marijuana prohibition so that the responsible use of cannabis by adults is no longer subject to penalty.	645
26	Ohio Patients Network We are a coalition of patients, caregivers, activists and medical professionals who support the compassionate use of cannabis for various medicinal purposes. Our mission is to coordinate information between patients, medical professionals, and attorneys, as well as to educate the public and keep Ohio Patient members current with the latest developments in medical marijuana. Ohio Patient Action Network has the additional mission of lobbying, at all levels of government, for the therapeutic use of cannabis.	886
27	Outright Libertarians The Outright Libertarian mission is to present libertarianism, The Libertarian Party and its Candidates to the GLBTQ community. To monitor the Libertarian Party's continuing support for Equal Rights for everyone including GLBTQ individuals. To support each other in this work.	837
28	Poker Players Alliance The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is a non-profit membership organization (over 1 million) comprised of online and offline poker players, who want to protect the rights to play poker. The mission of the PPA is to keep the game free of egregious government intervention and misquided laws.	270