Dirty Secrets

The payday lending lobby doesn't want you to know the truth.

They don't want you to know they encourage multiple borrowing and prey on "single parent households with multiple children.''

And they certainly don't want you to know that the November ballot issue they are financing in Ohio is really designed to keep interest rates high. If the ballot issue succeeds, lenders will be able to charge 391% annual interest on a typical loan.

But that's not what they're telling the voters. When they ask people to sign referendum petitions needed to qualify for the ballot, some petition circulators are insisting that it's the lenders who want to lower interest rates.

Materials from News Conferences

If you feel you've been misled or deceived by a payday lending circulator, download the "I Want My Name Back" form to complete and send to John Campbell: Form

Send to John Campbell (614-477-5042) at 137 E. State St. Columbus, Ohio 43215.

Click here to listen to tape recording of circulators trying to mislead voters (2M wav file) [Read transcript]. Here is another example (3M mp3 file) [Read transcript]

Click here to see affidavit from misled voter.

Click here to read a CBS News expose that shows how payday lenders trap the working poor in a vicious cycle of debt.

According to state law, if the payday lobby's petition circulators have misled you, you can request to have your name removed from the petition prior to certification! You can view the Ohio Revised Code sections pertaining to name removal by clicking on the two links below.

ORC 3501.38

ORC 3599.14

If you believe you have signed a petition in error, you can have your name removed by calling  Reject HB 545 Committee Campaign Manager, John Campbell, directly at 614-477-5042.

Update

Bill Faith Sends Letter to Bill Todd, Reject HB 545 Committee Attorney, requesting training materials and legal action. Read the letter.