Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he opposes a proposed constitutional amendment that would prevent politicians from restructuring the state’s 15 congressional districts and instead leave the duty to a 15-member citizen panel consisting of five Republican, five Democrat, and five independent voters.
The amendment qualified for November’s ballot after the Citizens Not Politicians campaign delivered 731,306 signatures from every county in Ohio to the secretary of state’s office.
If successful, the amendment would replace the current Ohio Redistricting Commission, made up of three statewide officeholders and four state lawmakers.
“When politicians draw biased, ridiculously shaped voting districts to favor their own interests, it’s called gerrymandering, and Ohio is one of the 10 most gerrymandered states,” Citizens Not Politicians said on its website….