COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters have rejected a proposal
to change the process for redrawing state legislative and congressional
maps.
Issue 2 lost after a fight that pitted voter advocacy groups
and unions against business interests and the Ohio Republican Party.
Lawyers’ groups split on the issue.
The constitutional amendment
would have created a 12-member citizen commission to redraw Ohio’s
political districts every decade. It was prompted by discontent over the
maps approved by the state Legislature in 2011.
Tuesday’s vote
leaves U.S. House maps in the hands of the state Legislature, and
legislative districts in the hands of the five-member Ohio Apportionment
Board.
In conceding the race, proponents highlighted common
ground identified during the campaign. They said all agree Ohio’s
redistricting system is broken and sides should come together before
2022 to fix it.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters have rejected a proposal
to change the process for redrawing state legislative and congressional
maps.
Issue 2 lost after a fight that pitted voter advocacy groups
and unions against business interests and the Ohio Republican Party.
Lawyers’ groups split on the issue.
The constitutional amendment
would have created a 12-member citizen commission to redraw Ohio’s
political districts every decade. It was prompted by discontent over the
maps approved by the state Legislature in 2011.
Tuesday’s vote
leaves U.S. House maps in the hands of the state Legislature, and
legislative districts in the hands of the five-member Ohio Apportionment
Board.
In conceding the race, proponents highlighted common
ground identified during the campaign. They said all agree Ohio’s
redistricting system is broken and sides should come together before
2022 to fix it.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.