Ohio voters rejected a constitutional amendment to create a citizen-led commission for redistricting, with Issue 1 receiving only 46% of the vote.


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Ohio measure establishing citizen redistricting commission fails

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Washington

District of Columbia

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A ballot measure that would have established a new body for drawing the state maps in Ohio, removing elected officials entirely, is projected to fail — dealing a blow to Democrats, according to Decision Desk HQ. The ballot measure would have established an Ohio Citizens Redistricting Commission that would have comprised five members of both…

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters rejected a constitutional amendment Tuesday that would have established a citizen-led redistricting commission to replace an existing mapmaking system that repeatedly produced unconstitutional maps.  The outcome marked a defeat for the group Citizens Not Politicians, a bipartisan coalition that proposed Issue 1 as an alternative after seven straight sets of legislative and congressional maps produced under the e…

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Hubbard Broadcasting

Ohio voters reject replacing troubled mapmaking system with citizen-led redistricting commission

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters rejected a constitutional amendment Tuesday that would have established a citizen-led redistricting commission to replace an existing mapmaking system that repeatedly produced unconstitutional maps. The outcome marked a defeat for the group Citizens Not Politicians, a bipartisan coalition that proposed Issue 1 as an alternative after seven straight sets of legislative and cong

The News-Herald

by J.D. Davidson   Ohioans on Tuesday rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have replaced the current seven-member redistricting commission with a 15-member, nonpolitical commission to draw the state’s legislative districts. Multiple news organizations reported that voters rejected Issue 1 54.5%-45.5%, with nearly 70% of the vote reported, following a months-long, expensive battle that saw Republicans pushing to keep the curren…

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Ohio

Ohio Voters Reject Attempt to Change Redistricting – The Ohio Star

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WOWK

Charleston

Kanawha County

West Virginia

Issue 1, the effort to overhaul how statewide voting districts are set, fails

COLUMBUS — A proposed constitutional amendment to remove “politicians” from the process of redrawing congressional and state legislative maps was defeated Tuesday.

The Blade

Toledo

Lucas County

Ohioans reject overhaul of how districts are drawn

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Bowling Green

Wood County

Ohio voters defeated a major ballot initiative on Tuesday that would have ended partisan gerrymandering in the state and curbed the lopsided majorities Republicans hold in the state legislature and US House delegation. The measure, known as Issue 1, was voted down with 54 percent of the vote. Republicans aggressively used their power to thwart a measure that seemingly had the support of a large majority of the state’s voters. Ohio voters passed …

Mother Jones

Mother Jones (magazine)

Republicans defeat Ohio anti-gerrymandering initiative with brazen anti-democratic tactics

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters rejected a constitutional amendment Tuesday that would have established a citizen-led redistricting commission to replace an existing mapmaking system that repeatedly produced unconstitutional maps.

Bowen Island Undercurrent

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Ohio voters rejected a constitutional amendment Tuesday that would have overhauled the state's system for redistricting legislative and congressional seats. With nearly 90% of the statewide vote tallied, Issue 1 trailed by more than 400,000 votes.

Ohio measure establishing citizen redistricting commission fails

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