Citizens Not Politicians Campaign Finance Filing Shows Broad Support from Diverse Constituencies In less than four months since collecting its first donation, the nonpartisan statewide coalition Citizens Not Politicians raised more than $3.1 million from…
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Not giving up: Ohio citizens try again to get politicians out of redistricting process
Ohio citizens still waiting for fair legislative maps have switched strategies. Their latest effort will try to take redistricting power out of the hands of elected officials. Tired of waiting for state legislators to adopt…
Group of 80 Ohio Business Leaders Announce Support for Redistricting Reform
Leaders Say Citizens Not Politicians Amendment Needed to Ensure Fair Elections, Healthy Democracy and Improved Competitiveness Eighty bipartisan Ohio business leaders released an open letter in support of the Citizens Not Politicians constitutional amendment to…
Citizens-Led Campaign for Anti-Gerrymandering Amendment Kicks Off Signature Gathering Effort
Republicans, Democrats and Independents from across Ohio today began collecting signatures from their fellow citizens to put the Citizens Not Politicians Amendment to end gerrymandering on the ballot in November 2024. “We are a united…
Statement from Former Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor on Bipartisan Gerrymander
The committee Citizens Not Politicians today released the following statement regarding the Ohio Redistricting Commission’s approval of new state legislative maps: “This is a bipartisan gerrymander by politicians who decided to protect themselves and their…
Coalition Re-Files Petition Summary for Constitutional Amendment
Today, the nonpartisan Citizens Not Politicians coalition submitted a slightly revised summary of their Ohio redistricting initiative to the Ohio Attorney General. The changes to the summary are minor and technical; none of the policy…
Statement from Citizens Not Politicians on AG’s Decision to Reject Petition Summary a Second Time
The committee Citizens Not Politicians today released the following statement in response to the Ohio Attorney General’s decision to reject for a second time the petition summary for the proposed amendment to end gerrymandering in…
Nonpartisan Coalition Refiles Petition Summary for Constitutional Amendment for Fair Districts
Politicians, lobbyists, and party officials would be banned from serving on new citizens redistricting commission Columbus, OH—The committee Citizens Not Politicians today filed a revised petition summary with the Ohio Attorney General for a statewide…
Toledo Blade Editorial: Let citizens redistrict
Round two of Ohio’s battle between the people and the politicians has begun with the drive to abolish congressional and legislative districts drawn by elected officials. The Blade Editorial Board has already concluded the politician…
Campaign Statement on AG Action
“It is not at all uncommon for the Attorney General to reject the summary of a petition in this first early stage of bringing a constitutional amendment. We believe our summary was accurate. But we…