Redistricting

Gov. Mike DeWine wants voters to reject the issue that seeks to stop gerrymandering that's on the November ballot, and for lawmakers to change Ohio's system of drawing lawmakers' district lines.

If they want to do that, they are running out of time.

The group reported it would submit 731,306 petition signatures to the Ohio Secretary of State's office to make the November ballot.

"Citizens Not Politicians" plans to file petition signatures to the Ohio Secretary of State's office Monday morning.

Citizens Not Politicians organized the event. The statewide campaign is proposing that a 15-member independent commission take over the political mapmaking process.

Gerrymandering was once again a watch word in Ohio politics this year, as lawmakers had to draw new maps to replace the ones used because of a federal court order in 2022.

Volunteers are now out throughout Ohio gathering signatures on a proposal for next year’s ballot that seeks to end gerrymandering with a new way to draw district lines.

A clerical error forced Citizens Not Politicians to redo part of the initiated constitutional amendment process to put a redistricting amendment on the 2024 Ohio ballot.

It’s back to the drawing board again for the group trying to change the process of drawing Ohio's congressional and state legislative district maps through a ballot issue next year.

Citizens Not Politicians, the group pushing for the redistricting amendment, can now begin gather signatures to get on Ohio's November 2024 ballot.