Ohio Redistricting Overhaul Gains Momentum as Signature Collection Resumes

Citizens Not Politicians aims to replace the current redistricting commission with a citizen-selected body, following repeated gerrymandering controversies.

• Citizens Not Politicians, a citizen-led initiative, has been granted permission to gather signatures for a proposed constitutional amendment to overhaul Ohio's redistricting system.
• The group needs to collect approximately 414,000 signatures by July 3 to put the amendment before voters in November 2024.
• The proposed amendment would replace the current Ohio Redistricting Commission with an independent body selected directly by citizens, diversified by party affiliation and geography.
• The initiative has faced repeated delays due to objections to the petition language and a typo in a date that required the process to start over.
• The current redistricting system has been criticized for producing unconstitutionally gerrymandered maps, with two congressional maps and five sets of Statehouse maps being rejected in court.

3 Articles

Fox News Washington Post Associated Press