Resources
The following resources support our Nov. 23, 2025 hands-on education event.
Map Craft: The Art of Gerrymandering
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Redistricting FAQ, LWVOhio.org
Find My District, Ohio Secretary of State
Fair Districts Update: Ohio’s New Gerrymandered Map (Nov 4, 2025) CommonCause.org
Voter Suppression 101 by David Pepper, Nov. 1, 2025, Substack.com
Ohio Redistricting Commission cuts deal on map, averts repeal effort, October 31, 2025, StateNews.org
9 Books to Better Understand Gerrymandering and Redistricting, September 9, 2024, ToledoLibrary.org
Timeline of Ohio’s Gerrymandered Maps: How Ohio Politicians Defied Court Orders to Manipulate Legislative Districts, July 2024, BrennanCenter.org
How 2024's Issue 1 Went Down, OhioBallotProtection.com
Understanding Congressional Gerrymandering: 'It's Moneyball Applied To Politics', June 15, 2016, NPR.org
REDMAP (short for Redistricting Majority Project) is a project of the Republican State Leadership Committee of the United States to increase Republican control of congressional seats, as well as state legislatures, largely through manipulating electoral district boundaries. Wikipedia.org
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Gerrymandering: Where Do We Draw the Line?
(1:44 Video)
Slay the Dragon, Documentary, 2019, PG-13
It influences elections and sways outcomes-gerrymandering has become a hot-button political topic and symbol for everything broken about the American electoral process. But there are those on the front lines fighting to change the system
Play:
Gerrymander, A voting District Puzzle Game, GameTheoryTest.com
GerrymanderMe! shows the corrupt practice of gerrymandering through a fun and easy-to-understand game.
Do:
More than 9 million Ohioans – about 77% of the state’s population – live in state-legislative districts that are “either uncontested or uncompetitive.” Brennan Center for Justice
The Ohio Supreme Court struck down state legislative district maps five times, and congressional maps twice, in 2021-2022 as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. Brennan Center for Justice
Ohio currently uses a “politician commission” (the Ohio Redistricting Commission) for drawing districts, meaning the commission is composed largely of elected officials and legislative appointees—not a fully independent citizen body. All About Redistricting
Ohio earned an F grade from Common Cause for redistricting fairness among all 50 states. Common Cause
The district‐drawing rules: if a map is passed only by majority (rather than bipartisan support), it is valid only for two general elections instead of the full decade. All About Redistricting
📊 Voter Impact Numbers
In uncompetitive or uncontested districts in Ohio, only 18.8% of registered voters cast ballots in the primary; fewer than 450,000 voters effectively decided the outcome for more than 2.3 million registered voters and 3.5 million constituents. Brennan Center for Justice
Because many districts are drawn to lock in a party’s win, the vast majority of voters have little realistic choice in the general election. Brennan Center for Justice
When the map-making body is drawn by partisan actors, research shows competitive elections drop—and turnout tends to suffer. Brennan Center for Justice
⚖️ Comparison With Other States
According to the Princeton Gerrymandering Project, Ohio’s maps received a “D” grade and rank among the bottom quarter of states for fairness. Citizens Not Politicians
Out of the 50 states, Common Cause found Ohio’s process offered the lowest grade nationally for transparent and inclusive redistricting. Common Cause
Only ~10 states have fully independent redistricting commissions; Ohio is not one of them and remains among the majority of states where legislatures or politician‐controlled commissions draw the lines. NCSL
Key Facts About Ohio Gerrymandering
So Ohio's been Gerrymandered (again),
now what?
