Voters will decide in November whether to overhaul Ohio’s system of drawing political district maps after state officials said Tuesday the campaign had collected enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. Citizens Not Politicians, the…
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It’s official: Ohio redistricting amendment makes November ballot. What would it do?
Citizens Not Politicians submitted enough signatures to make the fall ballot. It’s official: Ohioans will vote on whether to remove politicians from congressional and statehouse redistricting this November. Citizens Not Politicians, the group backing a…
It’s official: redistricting reform will be on the Ohio ballot this fall
The Ohio Secretary of State’s office said Tuesday the group that wants to reform the redistricting process submitted enough valid signatures to put the proposed constitutional amendment before voters in November. The group, Citizens Not…
Amendment on redistricting in Ohio qualifies for November Ballot
A constitutional amendment on redistricting in Ohio has qualified for the Ohio ballot in November, according to Secretary of State Frank LaRose. Dubbed “Citizens not Politicians,” the amendment seeks to end what political experts have…
Citizen-led redistricting amendment going on Ohio ballot in November
Ohio voters will decide on a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment looking to change redistricting laws for the state this November. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced Tuesday that the Citizens Not Politicians-led redistricting initiative aiming to remove…
How a redistricting amendment might affect candidates on Ohio’s fall ballot
Redistricting reform supporters are waiting to see if they make the Nov. 5 ballot – though it seems likely, since they submitted 300,000 more signatures than they needed. That would make it the only statewide…
Ohio’s reasonable, rational voters have been abandoned by extremist gerrymandered lawmakers
Nobody, but showboating extremists in the Ohio legislature, gives a damn about which school bathroom is used by a minuscule number of transgender students. Ask anyone not cocooned in a right-wing media bubble of religious zealotry, fear,…
Over 731K signatures submitted to state in latest push for redistricting reform
An Ohio political group hand delivered more than 731,000 petition signatures to the secretary of state’s doorstep on Monday with the hope that it’s enough to allow Ohioans to vote on redistricting reform this November….
‘Our house, our maps:’ group delivers signatures to put citizen-led amendment on ballot
This November, Ohioans may may weigh another statewide citizen-led change to Ohio’s constitution. Monday morning, two U-Haul trucks delivered 810 boxes to Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office. Each box was filled with signatures…
Campaign to get new political mapmaking system on Ohio’s ballot submits more than 700,000 signatures
Backers of a proposal to change Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system delivered hundreds of thousands of signatures on Monday as they work to qualify for the statewide ballot this fall. Citizens Not Politicians dropped off…