It's official: Ohio redistricting amendment makes November ballot. What would it do? (www.beaconjournal.com)

submitted 1 month ago by curve@lemmy.world to c/ohio@midwest.social

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If you have an Enquirer sub- another article here- https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/23/its-official-ohioans-will-vote-on-whether-to-remove-politicians-from-congressional-and-statehouse-re/74336416007/

I feel like this is a no brainer no matter which way you lean. We should want fair districts and actual representation.

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[-] jimbolauski@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

a 15-member panel of five Republicans, five Democrats and five independents would craft the maps

retired judges would help select

I don't know if this will be an improvement, unelected officials appointing a panel to decide districts. It does get rid of politicians self serving motivations to redistrict but with no checks in place I feel this will lead to new issues.

[-] curve@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If you read the full text of the amendment you'll see it has a lot of safeguards designed to ensure fair districts.

https://www.citizensnotpoliticians.org/petition/

This is unequivocally an improvement over the current process where legislators get to pick their voters and disenfranchise people.

Note- you have to click the document itself to get the full PDF of it which is 31 pages long.

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