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Date: 2024-06-28  

Gerrymandering opponents rallying outside the Ohio Supreme Court on Dec. 8, 2021.

The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team.

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● OH Redistricting, OH Ballot: Supporters of a ballot initiative to end Republican gerrymandering in Ohio will reportedly turn in more than 750,000 voter signatures on Monday to qualify for November's ballot, which is well over the roughly 413,000 that are required statewide.

As we previously explained in detail, this measure would amend the state constitution to create an independent citizens' commission of Democratic, Republican, and independent members to draw fairer maps starting with the 2026 elections. While Ohio's flawed existing process enabled Republican lawmakers to craft new gerrymanders after the 2020 census and also left the state Supreme Court unable to stop them, this amendment would remove elected officials' control over drawing maps.

Several restrictions would limit who could serve on the commission, and members would need some cross-party support to pass new boundaries. The amendment details several criteria for drawing maps, which critically include a partisan fairness formula to ensure that each party wins seats roughly in proportion to its statewide support.

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