In arguably the most brazen political maneuver in recent Statehouse history, Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose is trying to flim-flam Ohioans into voting against their own interests.
And this isn’t the first time.
Last year, LaRose tried to persuade Ohio voters to make it harder to directly amend the state constitution by ballot issue, a right Ohioans have had since 1912. Voters said no thanks to LaRose’s 2023 proposition, casting 57% of their votes against it.
It could be, that when this appears, Ohio’s Supreme Court, albeit 4-3 Republican, will have acted to stop LaRose’s maneuver: His bid, with two allies, to derail the voter-proposed “Citizens Not Politicians” ballot issue.
The measure, which will appear on November’s statewide ballot, aims to end the gerrymandering of Ohio’s General Assembly and congressional districts.
One of Ohio’s most prominent Republicans, Greater Cleveland’s Maureen O’Connor, the retired chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, energetically supports voter passage of the Citizens Not Politicians plan.