COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Associated Press projects that Issue 1, the proposal to change Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system, has failed.
The amendment aimed to replace the current Ohio Redistricting Commission, made up of three statewide officeholders and four state lawmakers, with an independent body selected directly by citizens.
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The effort followed the existing structure’s repeated failure to produce constitutional maps.
With the proposal failing, the state will maintain its existing Ohio Redistricting Commission as it stands.
After the 2020 U.S. Census, the Ohio Supreme Court shot down seven legislative and congressional redistricting maps as unconstitutionally gerrymandered to favor Republicans. However, the last statehouse map was approved unanimously by the current redistricting commission.
Earlier this year, Citizens Not Politicians collected more than a half-million valid voter signatures to get the measure on the ballot. Here’s what the proposed amendment would have done if passed.