Residents of Springfield, Ohio, are hoping the attention sparked by former President Donald Trump spreading unsubstantiated rumors about the city’s legal Haitian immigrants eating house pets will blow over.

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.

There are a dozen contested state House seats scattered across central Ohio on the November ballot. Doctors, lawyers, newcomers and others are among those seeking election to two-year terms. Here are the contested districts, a brief description of what they cover, and the candidates:

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.

The U.S. Senate race between Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and businessman Republican Bernie Moreno could decide control of the U.S. Senate.

The Republican-controlled court ruled in favor of the ballot board on challenges to six of eight points brought by backers of the amendment.

Republicans on the Ohio Supreme Court largely upheld wording the amendment's backers called deceptive and inaccurate.

Autoridades electorales de Ohio aprobaron un lenguaje para un referéndum de este otoño que dice que la medida está a favor de volver a trazar mapas electorales para dar ventaja a un partido, cuando en realidad la propuesta busca lo contrario.

Former President Donald Trump said he plans to visit Springfield, Ohio — the city of which he has spread lies about migrants eating residents’ pets — despite local officials saying the town already has an intense strain on its resources.

Over the objections of its Democratic members, the Ohio Ballot Board approved minor changes Wednesday to the ballot language for Issue 1. The anti-gerrymandering question will appear on this November’s ballot,