LIMA, OH (WLIO) – Many important decisions are to be made on the November election ballot, including State Issue 1 regarding gerrymandering. The We Are Ohio group and Union Strong held a community meeting on Thursday to talk about State…
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Issue 1 proponents meet in Lima
LIMA — “Yes on Issue 1” was a common refrain among speakers and attendees at a meeting about Ohio’s Issue 1 on Thursday. The event took place at 1219 UAW Local Park, 1750 Bible Road,…
Opinion: Issue 1 would help restore power Black Ohioans have lost
It is a well-known fact that Ohio is a heavily gerrymandered state, and recent research by the Brennan Center for Justice reveals that approximately 77% of Ohioans, or more than 9 million people, live in Ohio House districts…
Plain Dealer Editorial: “Issue 1 will end gerrymandering in Ohio. We emphatically endorse it.”
Successful government in the United States is predicated on the notion that people who seek elected office will carry out their duties in good faith. Sadly, in Ohio at least, when it comes to drawing…
Ohio voter advocates say fair maps mean more bipartisanship and logical, representative districts
Ohio voter advocates say gerrymandering robs voters of power, and fair maps mean more bipartisanship from lawmakers and district maps that are actually logical and representative. Throughout the two years that Ohio spent watching the…
Ohio gerrymandering: A brief and awful history of the very recent past
Ohio citizens right now are represented by unconstitutionally gerrymandered state lawmakers. The politicians in the General Assembly in Columbus are occupying unconstitutionally gerrymandered seats. This is not a matter of opinion. It was adjudicated in…
Curtin: A conservative case for Issue 1
“There is only one force in the nation that can be depended upon to keep the government pure and the governors honest, and that is the people themselves.” – Thomas Jefferson From the outset, Ohio’s…
As Ohioans consider Issue 1, League of Women Voters report says existing redistricting system brings ‘divisions and disadvantages’
CLEVELAND, Ohio – A prominent backer of a redistricting reform amendment Ohio voters will consider this fall says in a new report that Ohio’s existing system has divided people and marginalized communities. The League of…
In Ohio, Black Voters Stand to Benefit from Reformed Redistricting Criteria
From the day that the Citizens Not Politicians “Yes on 1” campaign qualified for the November ballot in Ohio, politicians have worked strenuously to confuse and distract voters from using their power to fix a fundamentally broken…
Dispatch Editorial Endorsement: Ohio Issue 1 restores power to citizens, helps democracy
Ohio voters must seize power from greedy politicians when they head to the polls on or before Nov. 5. The 2024 version of Ohio Issue 1 brings a citizen-initiated referendum with 535,000 signatures before voters who approved a similar…