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What happened
Date(s)
Step
Final initiative text approved by Attorney General & forwarded into Secretary of State/Ballot Board process Ballotpedia
Nov 9, 2023
Proposal filed
Ballot Board approves final text as a single-subject amendment Ballotpedia
Nov 28, 2023
Ballot board certified petition
Statewide signature drive after Board approval
Ballotpedia
Nov 28, 2023 – July 1, 2024
Signatures gathered
Citizens Not Politicians files 731,306 signatures with SOS
Ohio Capitol Journal
July 1, 2024
Petitions filed
SOS certifies 535,005 valid signatures; measure qualifies for ballot
Ohio Secretary of State
July 23, 2024
(extra) Signatures certified
Final, court-modified ballot language adopted & posted as “certified” Ballotpedia
Sep 18, 2024
Ballot language certified
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Resources
1 - Ohio Redistricting Commission cuts deal on map, averts repeal effort, October 31, 2025
https://www.statenews.org/2025-10-31/ohio-redistricting-commission-cuts-deal-on-map-averts-repeal-eff
4 - Timeline of Ohio’s Gerrymandered Maps: How Ohio Politicians Defied Court Orders to Manipulate Legislative Districts, July 2024
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/timeline-ohios-gerrymandered-maps-how-ohio-politicians-defied-court
7 - "9 Books to Better Understand Gerrymandering and Redistricting", Toledo Library, September 9, 2024
https://www.toledolibrary.org/blog/9-books-to-better-understand-gerrymandering-and-redistricting/
8 - 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. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10011500/
9 - Understanding Congressional Gerrymandering: 'It's Moneyball Applied To Politics' (June 15, 2016)
https://www.npr.org/2016/06/15/482150951/understanding-congressional-gerrymandering-its-moneyball-applied-to-politics
11 - 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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REDMAP
Map Craft: The Art of Gerrymandering
The following resources support our Nov. 23, 2025 hands-on education event.
Watch:
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. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10011500/
Play:
http://gametheorytest.com/gerry/game/
https://gerrymanderme.cbernier.com/
Learn:
Fair Districts Update: Ohio’s New Gerrymandered Map (Nov 4, 2025) https://www.commoncause.org/ohio/articles/fair-districts-update-ohios-new-gerrymandered-map/
Ohio Redistricting Commission cuts deal on map, averts repeal effort, October 31, 2025
https://www.statenews.org/2025-10-31/ohio-redistricting-commission-cuts-deal-on-map-averts-repeal-effort
Redistricting FAQ - LWV Ohio https://www.lwvohio.org/redistricting
Voter Suppression 101 by David Pepper (Nov. 1, 2025) https://open.substack.com/pub/davidpepper/p/voter-suppression-101
Timeline of Ohio’s Gerrymandered Maps: How Ohio Politicians Defied Court Orders to Manipulate Legislative Districts, July 2024
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/timeline-ohios-gerrymandered-maps-how-ohio-politicians-defied-court
9 Books to Better Understand Gerrymandering and Redistricting, Toledo Library, September 9, 2024
https://www.toledolibrary.org/blog/9-books-to-better-understand-gerrymandering-and-redistricting/
Understanding Congressional Gerrymandering: 'It's Moneyball Applied To Politics' (June 15, 2016)
https://www.npr.org/2016/06/15/482150951/understanding-congressional-gerrymandering-its-moneyball-applied-to-politics
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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REDMAP
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Possible Resources
2 - Advocates again call for fair redistricting with new Ohio congressional map coming soon, 2025
https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2025-09-17/advocates-again-call-for-fair-redistricting-with-new-ohio-congressional-map-coming-soon
2.1 - Understanding Redistricting and Gerrymandering in Ohio, August 11, 2025
https://targetohio.org/understanding-redistricting-and-gerrymandering-in-ohio/
2.2 - Ohio voters reject Issue 1 anti-gerrymandering amendment, Nov. 05, 2024
https://www.cleveland.com/politics/2024/11/ohio-voters-reject-issue-1-anti-gerrymandering-amendment.html
2.3 - Ohio’s Issue 1: A Case Study in Ballot Manipulation, November 1, 2024
https://kettering.org/ohios-issue-1-a-case-study-in-ballot-manipulation/
3 - Ohio gerrymandering: A brief and awful history of the very recent past, 10/11/2024
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/10/11/ohio-gerrymandering-a-brief-and-awful-history-of-the-very-recent-past/
5 - Election 2024: What is Ohio Issue 1? A deep dive into the state's redistricting amendment, 2024
https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2024-10-07/what-is-ohio-issue-1-redistricting
6 - Some Ohioans say voters will be tricked by ballot language for redistricting issue, October 2024
https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2024-10-24/some-ohioans-say-voters-will-be-tricked-by-ballot-language-for-redistricting-issue
Key Facts About Ohio Gerrymandering
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+1
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+1
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+1
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+1
📊 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+1
When the map-making body is drawn by partisan actors, research shows competitive elections drop—and turnout tends to suffer. Brennan Center for Justice+1
⚖️ 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+1
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+1
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