Ballot summary for Ohio redistricting proposal finalized amid Democratic objections: Capitol Letter
The Ohio Ballot Board tweaked, then gave final approval to controversial ballot language describing Issue 1, a proposal to overhaul the state's redistricting process.
Ohio Supreme Court clears ballot language saying anti-gerrymandering measure calls for the opposite
The Ohio Supreme Court has let stand ballot language that will describe this fall's Issue 1 as requiring gerrymandering, when the proposal is intended to do the opposite.
Democratic leaders join in fight against Ohio Ballot Board summary of anti-gerrymandering proposal
The case against the Ohio Ballot Board’s summary of Issue 1 now includes Ohio’s House and Senate Democratic leaders, along with further arguments from the creators of the proposed constitutional amendment to reform redistricting and end gerrymandering by replacing politicians with a citizen commission.
Ohio Ballot Board makes court-ordered changes to redistricting ballot issue summary, over Democratic objections
The Ohio Ballot Board on Wednesday finalized the summary of a proposed redistricting reform plan that will appear on every Ohioan's ballot this fall.
Critics upset by language of proposed redistricting amendment on Ohio ballot
Ohioans who vote on Issue One this fall will have the last word. But the wording of what they're voting on is a major point of contention right now, and it is sowing confusion.
Ohio Supreme Court approves redistricting summary with only two small revisions
The Ohio Supreme Court largely approved ballot summary language for November’s Issue 1 anti-gerrymandering amendment on Monday, sending the language back to the Ohio Ballot Board for two revisions.
Ohio Supreme Court orders minor revisions to Issue 1 redistricting amendment ballot language
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Ballot Board must make minor revisions to language that will appear on general election ballots as voters consider a proposal to reform the state’s redistricting process, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Monday.
Ohio Issue 1: How other states have dealt with redistricting and what Ohio can learn
Ohio isn't the first state to try a citizen commission for drawing congressional and state legislative districts.
GOP-led ballot board finalizes Issue 1 redistricting ballot language over Dem objections
The Republican-led Ohio Ballot Board finalized this November's Issue 1 ballot language on Wednesday following an Ohio Supreme Court order to correct various defects in what the board had already passed.
Ohio Supreme Court largely sides with GOP panel’s writing of redistricting ballot language: Capitol Letter
The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld most of a Republican-authored ballot summary of the state’s proposed redistricting amendment, which includes the not-so-flattering title “To create an appointed redistricting commission not elected by or subject to removal by the voters of the state” and asserts that the reform measure would require gerrymandering instead of
Dispute over Issue 1 ballot language continues in Ohio
Less than one month before early voting and less than 50 days before the election, ballot language for Issue 1, Ohio’s only statewide ballot issue, is still not set in stone. What is Issue 1? Issue 1,
Ohio Ballot Board approves minor tweaks along party lines
Over the objections of its Democratic members, the Ohio Ballot Board approved minor changes Wednesday to the ballot language ...
Ohio Issue 1 2024: What is it? Would it stop gerrymandering?
Issue 1 on Ohio's November ballot would make changes to how maps are drawn for congressional and Statehouse districts. How ...
Ohio ballot initiative sacked Jim Harbaugh and Michigan in political ad
Trump and current Vice President Kamala Harris may dominate the headlines, over the next few weeks we will learn of several ...
Ohio sheriff says Facebook post about Harris signs, migrants was 'a little misinterpreted'
Portage County Sheriff Bruce D. Zuchowski wrote in a follow-up post he "as the elected sheriff" has a "First Amendment right, ...