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2024 Year in Review: Ohioans decided on its sixth redistricting ballot issue in 50 years
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Activists frustrated at the multi-year saga of the maps created by the Ohio Redistricting Commission took their plan for an independent map-drawing panel to voters… Read More
A republican senator says more state lawmakers may be the fix to redistricting in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Voters rejected the issue that would have created a 15-member commission of non-politicians to draw maps for state lawmakers and members of Congress last… Read More
With Issue 1 dead, will Ohio lawmakers pursue redistricting reform?
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio voters on Tuesday night handily rejected Issue 1—which would have thrown out the current redistricting system, in which elected officials draw the lines, by… Read More
Ohio votes against Issue 1, rejecting a plan to put citizens’ panel in charge of redistricting
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Voters have rejected the redistricting proposal to change how legislative and congressional district maps are drawn which would have replaced the seven elected officials on… Read More
Big wheels turning as Ohio voters decide who will take the drivers’ seat in the state’s redistricting process
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As early voting begins in Ohio, organizers for and against Issue 1 are beginning to take the road to convince voters to get on board… Read More
The first major ad dropped in the campaign for Issue 1 redistricting amendment in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In the hours leading up to Wednesday’s Ohio Ballot Board meeting where contentious summary language for a redistricting amendment on the November ballot will… Read More
Redistricting is on the ballot once again. What’s different this time?
By: The Ohio Newsroom
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — The Ohio Supreme Court ordered minor changes to ballot language for Issue 1, the redistricting amendment. The group behind the redistricting measure, Citizens Not… Read More
A lawsuit is coming over controversial ballot language adopted by Ohio Ballot Board
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Backers of the constitutional amendment that seeks to take politicians out of the congressional and legislative map-drawing process are upset with the summary language… Read More
Redistricting amendment backers accuse GOP Secretary of State of “manipulating” ballot wording
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Supporters of a constitutional redistricting amendment to take politicians out of the process of drawing congressional and legislative district maps are crying foul over… Read More
Ohio’s Republican-dominated Ballot Board will decide on this fall’s redistricting proposal wording
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A panel of lawmakers meets Friday to determine the summary language voters will see in November when deciding on a new redistricting proposal. The group… Read More
Ohio’s Secretary of State says circulators may have broken law with voter registrations, petitions
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said he suspects circulators for a company that has worked for groups on voter petitions and registrations for… Read More
Ohio redistricting proposal vs. Iowa plan – some common elements, but also big differences
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine has come out against the proposal on the fall ballot to change the way lawmakers’ district lines are drawn. He also… Read More
Ohio redistricting amendment backers raise $23 million, and have intentionally spent even more
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The group behind the November ballot issue that would change the process for drawing lawmakers’ district lines has raised more than $23 million this… Read More
Redistricting proposal on Ohio’s fall ballot includes elements from Iowa plan DeWine likes
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine wants Ohio voters to reject the redistricting amendment on the November ballot in favor of a future plan he hopes to… Read More
Ohio governor blasts redistricting on fall ballot, urges lawmakers to make changes next year
By: Jo Ingles | Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine is blasting a redistricting proposal that will be on the November ballot. The Citizens Not Politicians plan before voters this fall… Read More
Will Ohio lawmakers propose their own redistricting amendment for November ballot?
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Many state Republican leaders have spoken out against the proposed redistricting amendment appearing on the ballot this November, but not Gov. Mike DeWine. DeWine’s… Read More
How a redistricting amendment might affect candidates on Ohio’s fall ballot
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Redistricting reform supporters are waiting to see if they make the Nov. 5 ballot – though it seems likely, since they submitted 300,000 more… Read More
2023 Year in Review: Ohio lawmakers get new district maps again, and more change could be coming
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gerrymandering was once again a watch word in Ohio politics this year, as lawmakers had to draw new maps to replace the ones used because… Read More
Signature-gathering starts anew for the mapmaking proposal in Ohio that was stalled by a typo
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a proposal to change Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system will finally be able to start gathering signatures, after clearing a second round of state… Read More
Redistricting proposal backers say Ohio lawmakers’ reaction to Issue 1 shows need for change
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Supporters of a proposal to change the way the state does redistricting point out that since Ohio voters approved an amendment to enshrine abortion… Read More
How states are using legislative privilege to drag out redistricting lawsuits
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (PBS NewsHour) — In 2021, each state redrew its congressional district lines to reflect the 2020 census results. Two years later, the maps in many states are the… Read More
A typo has delayed signature gathering for the group backing Ohio’s citizens redistricting panel
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s back to the drawing board again for the group trying to change the redistricting process of drawing congressional and state legislative district maps through… Read More
Third time is the charm for backers of a proposed Ohio amendment to change legislative redistricting
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment to remove politicians from Ohio‘s legislative redistricting process are one step closer to putting the issue on the… Read More
Ohio’s Redistricting Commission unanimously adopts new House and Senate maps in a late night meeting
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Redistricting Commission unanimously approved new legislative maps late Tuesday night. It was after 10 p.m. when the seven members of the commission… Read More
Supreme Court rejects Alabama’s defiance in voting case
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to block enforcement of an Alabama voting rights decision that the high court issued just months ago. In June, the… Read More
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