First in Series of Videos Underscores Broad Based Support for New Constitutional Amendment Just days after handing in more than 730,000 signatures and rallying hundreds of Republican, Democrat and Independent voters for a packed Statehouse…
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Citizens Not Politicians Campaign Submits 731,306 Signatures to End Gerrymandering in Ohio
Hundreds Rally at Ohio Statehouse to Restore Power to Citizens In a powerful display of popular support, the Citizens Not Politicians campaign today delivered 731,306 signatures from every county in Ohio to the Secretary of…
Ohio Healthcare Providers Unite to Support Constitutional Amendment Ending Gerrymandering
A nonpartisan group of over 100 healthcare providers, including physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals from across Ohio, has launched Ohio Health Advocates for Democracy. In an open letter published online today, they endorsed the…
Citizen Not Politicians Campaign Announces Endorsing Organizations, Businesses, Thought Leaders Throughout Ohio
Nonpartisan Coalition to Terminate Gerrymandering in the Buckeye State Continues to Grow COLUMBUS, Ohio – The grassroots nonpartisan Citizen Not Politicians campaign today announced the support of nearly 100 organizations, businesses, and thought leaders across…
Maureen O’Connor Tours Sprawling, Gerrymandered Congressional District on Day of Special Election
Retired Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor on Tuesday visited polling places across the 6th Ohio Congressional District for the special election. She met with voters and local leaders and thanked volunteers gathering signatures…
At 98, Ohio woman continues lifetime of civic engagement by gathering petitions in favor of constitutional amendment to end gerrymandering
Elinor Polster has lived in Cleveland for all of her 98 years and has advocated for social justice as long as she can remember. Now, decades after helping to foster a famous racially integrated community…
Ohio citizen group sees strong support to end gerrymandering
Local volunteers involved in a citizen-led effort to amend Ohio’s constitution to try to get rid of gerrymandering say they have seen a strong show of support from community members and they are confident they…
Hundreds of Volunteers Collect Signatures on Primary Election Day
As the politicians sat at home on Tuesday waiting to watch the returns on another gerrymandered election, hundreds of citizens – Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, rural, urban and suburban – showed up in force at…
Experts agree: amendment to end gerrymandering will promote more responsive, effective legislature
A proposed constitutional amendment to reform Ohio’s redistricting process is necessary to protect voters and the issues they care about, voting and legal experts said Monday at a forum on gerrymandering at The Ohio State…
Citizens of Chillicothe Unite Against Gerrymandering
In a display of civic engagement, Chillicothe-area residents rallied at Yoctangee Park on Saturday for a drive-through signature gathering event. The event, organized by volunteer citizens, gathered scores of signatures on petitions to place the…