Ohio Redistricting Activists Sue Over GOP-Passed Ballot Wording

A group proposing changes to Ohio’s redistricting process accused a Republican-controlled board on Monday of attempting to deceive voters when they approved a nearly 900-word description of the constitutional measure slated to appear on ballots in November.

The language approved last week by the Ohio Ballot Board was drafted to try to mislead and “prejudice voters against the Amendment,” stated Citizens Not Politicians, which aims to take legislative and congressional mapmaking duties out of the hands of elected officials. The complaint asks the Ohio Supreme Court to order the board and Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R), whose office drafted ...