Ohio redistricting amendment
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DeWine is opposed to it. I've read it in its convoluted entirety and I think he's right. There is so much wiggle room and unspecified processes in it that I don't see it working. We need a better plan, but what we have now is the result of another ballot initiative that passed a few years ago.
Here's Ballotopedia's info.
https://ballotpedia.org/Ohio_Establish_the_Citizens_Redistricting_Commission_Initiative_(2024)
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Gerry mandering is terrible and should go away.
Instead, DeWine wants Ohio lawmakers to adopt Iowa's redistricting model, where the state's nonpartisan legislative service commission draws districts that lawmakers then approve.
Not a bad idea.
Backers of the amendment, called Citizens Not Politicians, say the changes are needed to prevent gerrymandering, which is when one political party draws districts to favor their candidates unfairly and disproportionately.
But DeWine contends that's exactly what the measure would do.
"Ohio would have gerrymandering in the extreme," said DeWine, a Republican who has repeatedly said he wants to remove politicians from the redistricting process.
Not sure it could get worse than what we are seeing in US states now. LOL
When in Wash DC recently, briefly met with a US representative (hint: the only hard science PhD in congress). Not a main topic, but one of the things that came up as an aside was an aside after looking at the states map was how districts are made up and he admitted it was not good. He said that there was a push in the state to but a question on the ballot to "de-politicize" drawing of districts, but the State Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional.
