{"id":13283,"date":"2015-07-21T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/fair-districts-for-ohio-launches-campaign-to-stop-partisan-manipulation-of-ohio-general-assembly-districts\/"},"modified":"2015-07-21T16:42:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T16:42:00","slug":"fair-districts-for-ohio-launches-campaign-to-stop-partisan-manipulation-of-ohio-general-assembly-districts","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/articles\/fair-districts-for-ohio-launches-campaign-to-stop-partisan-manipulation-of-ohio-general-assembly-districts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair Districts for Ohio Launches Campaign to Stop Partisan Manipulation of Ohio General Assembly Districts"},"template":"","class_list":["post-13283","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Catherine Turcer with Common Cause Ohio joins Fair Districts for Ohio co-chairs for campaign launch","featured_image":null,"article_type":1103,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7876}","{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":13206}"],"related_issues":[103,169,2066],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

This month a diverse coalition kicked off the Fair Districts for Ohio campaign to stop the gerrymandering of General Assembly districts. The goal of the campaign is passage of Issue 1, a proposed state constitutional amendment placed on the November 3, 2015 ballot after passing the legislature by an overwhelming bipartisan margin. If voters approve the measure, this historic reform would create a new seven-person redistricting commission with rules that put fair representation for Ohioans ahead of political advantage.<\/p>

Two former state representatives, Republican Matt Huffman of Lima and Democrat Vernon Sykes of Akron, are the campaign co-chairs who led the kick-off press conference. Huffman described Issue 1’s three main components:<\/p><\/p>