{"id":1281,"date":"2024-07-23T18:21:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T22:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/?post_type=article&p=1281"},"modified":"2024-07-23T18:26:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T22:26:07","slug":"citizens-not-politicians-amendment-makes-the-november-ballot","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/articles\/citizens-not-politicians-amendment-makes-the-november-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens Not Politicians amendment makes the November ballot"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1281","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":"","article_type":153,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"70\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":157}"],"related_issues":[62,420],"related_work":[169],"location":38},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"It\u2019s official:\u00a0<\/strong>the<\/strong>\u00a0Citizens Not Politicians amendment has been approved for the November ballot!<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe campaign submitted 731,306 signatures,\u00a0535,005 of which were valid<\/strong>, for an impressive overall validity rate of 73.2%. 58 counties were certified as having more than 5% of the previous gubernatorial vote\u201314 more than the 44 required. That\u2019s all pretty incredible!\u00a0Here\u2019s a link to a spreadsheet<\/a>\u00a0with info about the signatures submitted in each county.\r\n\r\nThis is a tremendous accomplishment! A round of applause for all the volunteers who collected signatures or helped out in other ways since signature collection first started almost a year ago. Also special thanks to anyone who made a donation to support the work.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nWhat\u2019s next:\u00a0<\/strong>The Ballot Board must convene by August 22 or 23 to propose ballot language and give the amendment an issue number. Voter registration closes on October 7, and\u00a0Early Vote starts on October 8, culminating on Election Day, November 5.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s wonderful to know that the hard work gathering signatures paid off, but there\u2019s still lots more to be done. We need to spread the word to all Ohio voters about the problems with gerrymandering and the \u201cCitizens Not Politicians\u201d solution. If you haven\u2019t signed up to volunteer yet, please join us by filling out\u00a0this form<\/a>.\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s exciting that\u2014thanks to so many members\u2014this November, Ohioans have an opportunity to vote to establish an independent citizens redistricting commission.\r\n\r\nCongratulations all around!"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}}]},"yoast_head":"\nCitizens Not Politicians amendment makes the November ballot - Common Cause Ohio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/articles\/citizens-not-politicians-amendment-makes-the-november-ballot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Citizens Not Politicians amendment makes the November ballot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/articles\/citizens-not-politicians-amendment-makes-the-november-ballot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Ohio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-23T22:26:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OH.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/articles\/citizens-not-politicians-amendment-makes-the-november-ballot\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/articles\/citizens-not-politicians-amendment-makes-the-november-ballot\/\",\"name\":\"Citizens Not Politicians amendment makes the November ballot - 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