Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Most Ballot Language for Anti-Gerrymandering Measure

The court ordered two revisions to the summary but allowed the majority of the contested language to remain.

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled 4-3 to keep most of the ballot language describing Issue 1, an anti-gerrymandering amendment, with two required revisions.
The court ordered changes to clarify public input rights and judicial review standards but upheld language that critics say misrepresents the amendment.
Citizens Not Politicians, the group behind Issue 1, argued the approved language is biased and misleading, while Republican officials defended it as accurate.
The proposed amendment seeks to replace the current political map-making system with a 15-member citizen commission composed of Republicans, Democrats, and independents.
Despite the controversy, the exact language of the constitutional amendment will be posted at polling locations for voters to review.