COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) — Ohio voters will start heading to the polls in 42 days for early voting and Election Day is now only 70 days away, which means campaigns are ramping up to be full speed ahead after Labor Day.
There is only one state issue on the ballot this fall, called Issue 1, brought forward by Citizens Not Politicians. Some Ohioans are hitting the streets to help make sure every voter knows about it.
“Hi there, we’re volunteers with Citizens Not Politicians,” Issue 1 volunteer Michael Ahern said to a voter. “Your signature worked, we got enough signatures, it is going to be on the ballot in November.”
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Ahern said despite reform being passed in both 2015 and 2018, these past several years, watching the redistricting commission has been “frustrating.”
“When you have politicians that are involved in creating those district lines and then manipulating them for party purposes, then that undermines democracy,” he said.