Ohio voters are about to seriously test the adage, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” And the people who are trying, yet again, to do the fooling are the…
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Nonpartisan Good-Government Coalition Raises Nearly $25 Million to End Gerrymandering
Citizens Not Politicians Campaign Finance Filing Shows Broad Support from Diverse Constituencies Columbus, OH — Less than a year since collecting its first donation, the nonpartisan statewide coalition Citizens Not Politicians has raised nearly…
DeWine wants lawmakers to develop new redistricting plan, not voters
With a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would remove redistricting from politicians, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine wants the GOP-majority Statehouse to come up with a different solution. DeWine said at a news…
GOP Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine opposes fall ballot effort to replace troubled political mapmaking system
Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday that he will work to defeat a fall ballot issue aimed at remaking the state’s troubled political mapmaking system, and, if it passes, work with state lawmakers next year to…
Ohio groups respond to DeWine’s take on anti-gerrymandering ballot measure
The Ohio NAACP, the Ohio Unity Coalition and the Ohio Organizing Collaborative responded to Gov. Mike DeWine’s statement on the Citizens Not Politicians ballot measure that gained enough signatures to reach the ballot in November….
Why Gov. Mike DeWine is wrong about gerrymandering yet again
Republican Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday called on Ohio voters to reject the voter-proposed “Citizens Not Politicians” ballot issue that will appear on November’s statewide ballot. If Ohioans ratify the plan — proposed by the petition signatures of more than 731,000…
Ohio Gov. DeWine lost all credibility when he repeatedly voted for illegally gerrymandered maps
Now he’s pitching a proposal that would have lawmakers draft redistricting reform based on an “Iowa plan” that leaves lawmakers with final authority Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine clutching his pearls Wednesday morning about predetermined partisan…
Statement from Retired Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor Regarding News Conference by Gov. DeWine
Retired Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor today issued the following statement in response to Gov. Mike DeWine’s news conference in which he discussed redistricting: The disinformation from the Governor today is insulting to…
Change Coming in Ohio
Members of Ohio’s Redistricting Commission were served notice earlier this month that Ohioans have had enough of the mess the commission purposefully made of our voting districts. According to the Ohio Secretary of State’s office,…
Good News for Ohio Voters Causes Ohio’s Top Elections Official to Have a Partisan Meltdown
There’s some good news and some troubling news about election integrity and fair elections in Ohio. The big news is the certification of the Citizens Not Politicians issue for the November ballot. If passed, it…