Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says he will work to defeat a fall ballot issue aimed at remaking the state’s troubled political mapmaking system. At a news conference Wednesday, DeWine said the system created by the proposed constitutional amendment would divide communities and mandate partisan outcomes.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaks at a press conference in Columbus, Ohio , Wednesday, July 31, 2024, where he opposed a fall ballot measure aimed at remaking the state’s troubled political mapmaking system. If it passes, DeWine said he will work with state lawmakers next year to advance a competing amendment based on the Iowa model.
“Now, the idea of proportionality sounds fair,” he said. “However, we see that requiring the map drawer to draw districts, each of which favors one political party, with each district having a predetermined partisan advantage, and requiring a certain number of districts to favor each party, obliterates all other good government objectives. They all go away.”
“This is the same tired playbook in Ohio,” said John Bisognano, president of All On The Line, a national anti-gerrymandering group supported by Democrats that’s involved in the campaign. “Given Ohio politicians repeatedly ignored well-intended reforms in order to gerrymander themselves into power, the Iowa model simply will not work in the Buckeye State. Any proposal that could allow gerrymandering politicians to keep the pen to draw the maps or change the rules is unacceptable for Ohioans.
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