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…
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Group hoping to change how lawmakers’ districts are drawn to file petitions for fall ballot
A group that hopes to change the process used for drawing legislative and congressional district lines will file their signatures Monday to put their plan before voters this fall. Citizens Not Politicians needs 413,487 valid…
‘The way our districts are drawn is BS:’ Ohio redistricting effort moves toward fall ballot
Fed up with politicians manipulating maps to ensure reelection, a crowd of Ohio voters took a key step toward offering a redistricting alternative on the November ballot. That alternative would replace Ohio’s current system for…
Ohio redistricting amendment campaign submits hundreds of thousands of voter signatures in bid to make November ballot
Campaign workers with the Citizens Not Politicians redistricting amendment unload boxes of petitions at a loading dock for the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office in Columbus on Monday, July 1, 2024. (Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland.com)Andrew J….
Ohio group backing citizen redistricting to submit 731K signatures for November ballot
Ohio could soon vote on a new redistricting model that replaces politicians with a citizen panel. Backers of the overhaul are poised to submit more than 731,000 signatures on Monday to make the November ballot….
VOICES: Ohio locked in a battle to make voting equality the regular work of government
When Jefferson wrote “all men are created equal,” he argued natural rights were rendered by “nature’s God,” that men were born with them. Jefferson believed “that we are and have always been the source of…
New Report Outlines How to Make a Redistricting Commission Effective
Voters should choose their politicians, not the other way around. Redistricting commissions — when done right — are a crucial, voter-centric reform designed to make the redistricting process transparent and impartial. In 2021, 22 states…
Proposed amendment would invite Ohioans to the mapmaking table for the first time
Who cares about Shelby County? Not Statehouse politicians, who callously carved up Shelby County in drawing the latest map of Ohio’s 15 congressional districts. The Ohio Constitution requires congressional districts to be compact, not irregularly…
Ohio leaders can’t be trusted to put good of people first. Amendment will right process.
American government is a complex machine. The Founders ensured it would be when crafting the U.S. Constitution, reserving “few and defined” powers to the federal government, leaving “numerous and indefinite” powers as to the states,…
The Ballot Measures Aim to Reduce Partisanship. Can They Fix American Politics?
Americans of both parties routinely express deep concern about the state of the country’s democracy. This fall, many voters may have a chance to do something about it, by voting on state ballot measures related…