Ohio advocates believe lawmakers will finally be able to be held accountable now that an anti-gerrymandering constitutional amendment will be on the November ballot. Unsurprisingly, politicians who benefit from the redistricting process are not in favor of losing that power.
Ohio could look drastically different in the coming years.
“It was such an incredible feeling to know that we made the ballot,” Jen Miller with the League of Women Voters said. “This is about the everyday people of Ohio taking power back.”
Miller is a part of Citizens Not Politicians, a coalition of about one hundred organizations ranging from unions to religious groups, plus an additional 70 business leaders with ranging political beliefs, all dedicated to preventing gerrymandering.
She has been advocating for redistricting reform for about a decade now. She got the news late Tuesday afternoon that CNP’s anti-gerrymandering amendment has gathered enough signatures to proceed to voters on the Nov. ballot.
“When politicians and lobbyists get to rig maps, it harms every Ohio voter and our democracy,” she added.