Actual Ballot Title:
“To create an appointed redistricting commission not elected by or subject to removal by the voters of the state”
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
Proposed by Initiative Petition
To repeal Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Article XI,
Repeal sections 1, 2 and 3 of Article XIX
Actual Ballot language
The proposed amendment would:
“Repeal constitutional protections against gerrymandering approved by nearly three-quarters of Ohio electors participating in the statewide elections of 2015 and 2018 and eliminate the longstanding ability of Ohio citizens to hold their representatives accountable for establishing fair state legislative and congressional districts.”
What this Means
“gerrymandering is the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries with the intent to create undue advantage for a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency” WEBSTER
- Issue 1 Forces map makers to gerrymander based on race and politics
- Issue 1 Puts decision making into hands of unelected commission members
- Issue 1 Eliminates voter approved safeguards overwhelmingly passed in 2015 and 2018
- Issue 1 Removes accountability to the voters of Ohio
- Issue 1 Absolutely does not stop gerrymandering
- Issue 1 Eliminates requirements for common sense “compact” districts
- Issue 1 Eliminate Voters right to challenge Commission in the Ohio Supreme Court
“In Detroit, one year after Michigan passed similar amendments, urban Detroit voters had less representation in their General Assembly than before”
Join many of your informed fellow Citizens and VOTE NO on ISSUE 1.