Raise a Glass to Democracy: Breweries Join the Vote Crusade

Sojourner’s Truth Staff

During a visit to Toledo last week, Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced that about 40 craft breweries around the state of Ohio have partnered with his office to help expand his message on voter registration.

The breweries have signed up to create a universal label for their cans and bottles to encourage and boost voter registration. The products are expected to be available for purchase by early September, well ahead of the October 5 registration deadline.

“It started as an idea to get more people to vote,” said LaRose during a press conference held at Maumee Bay Brewing company with Craig Kerr Brewery, manager of Maumee Bay Brewing Co., and Scot Yarnell, co-owner & brew master of Earnest Brew Works.
 

The labels will promote the VoteOhio.gov website and also permit each brewery to include its own logo or branding.

“Our democracy can only thrive when we hear the diverse voices of everyone,” said LaRose while noting the impact of breweries from around the state both in their outreach to consumers and their enhancement of the labor force with their hundreds of employees.

“Beer and democracy go together,” said the Secretary of State.

To register online at VoteOhio.gov, Ohioans will need to provide their Ohio driver’s license or Ohio identification card number, name, date of birth, address and the last four digits of their Social Security number.

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Revised: 08/06/20 11:03:50 -0400.

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