Ohio’s new maps were best option in an exploited process: Nickie J. Antonio

Ohio’s new maps were best option in an exploited process: Nickie J. Antonio

On Halloween, I voted in support of Ohio’s new bipartisan redistricting proposal. I cast this vote, even though I know this was not the congressional map Ohioans deserve. It was not a fair map as we all had hoped for, but a gerrymandered compromise, to be sure. Throughout the redistricting process, our Republican colleagues made it abundantly clear that they had no interest in transparency, upholding the Ohio Constitution, or drawing a fair map …