Gerrymandering/Redistricting

Common Cause Ohio’s Catherine Turcer breaks down Issue 1 on Columbus’s Sunny 95 radio.

Using an impartial standard for measuring partisan fairness, New Virginia Majority and Common Cause have submitted a brief that evaluates the 10 proposed “remedial” plans to adjust the boundaries of Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District.

We’re writing to alert you to “Redistricting Reform, Mapping Our Future,” a special event hosted by Common Cause and the George Washington University Law School next Wednesday, October 7 at the law school.

The Supreme Court should reject claims by two Texas voters that the state has unconstitutionally diluted the value of their ballots by drawing election districts with equal numbers of citizens but unequal numbers of voters, Common Cause argues in a brief filed last week in Evenwel v. Abbott.

This November, Ohio voters have the power to undo a nasty tradition of gerrymandered districts and ensure the goal of fair elections can become a reality in the Buckeye State.

It’s time to change the Ohio Constitution and require fairness and prevent partisan bias. Issue 1 will be on this November’s ballot and does just that.