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To the editor: Issue 1 is an Ohio Constitutional Amendment to ban gerrymandering in the state. A “yes” vote will ban gerrymandering by creating a redistricting commission of 15 citizens (5 Republicans, 5 Democrats and 5 independents), none politicians. A “no” vote will reinforce existing gerrymandering (and the resulting supermajorities) by keeping the current Ohio Redistricting Commission in place. As noted on that commission’s website, the com…

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Issue 1 ballot language causes confusion at the voter booth – Athens County Independent

Despite its malicious strategy of communal gerrymandering to win the Legslative Assembly elections in Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was rejected by a thumping majority, report Farooq Sulehria and Haris Qadeer.

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Sydney

Green Left Weekly

Hindutva delivered a severe blow in Jammu & Kashmir elections

Many U.S. politicians throughout history owe their success to the drawing of boundary lines on a map that made their election a near certainty. Here is how it worked and continues to work to this day.

United States

VOA News

What is 'gerrymandering' and how does it work?

Successful government in the United States is predicated on the notion that people who seek elected office will carry out their duties in good faith. Sadly, in Ohio at least, when it comes to drawing the lines for congressional and Statehouse districts, good faith goes out the window.

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citizensnotpoliticians.org

Yes on Issue 1, the Citizens Not Politicians redistricting amendment: endorsement editorial

Ohio is one of the most gerrymandered states in the country and heavily favors Republicans for congressional districts at the state and federal level. Issue 1 would create a citizen commission of five Democrats, five Independents, and five Republicans...

Ohio

Daily Kos

Ohio Good News: Majority of voters Intend to Vote YES on Issue 1 to End Republican Gerrymandering

Ohio voter advocates say gerrymandering robs voters of power, and fair maps mean more bipartisanship from lawmakers and district maps that are actually logical and representative.

highlandcountypress.com

Ohio voter advocates say fair maps mean more bipartisanship and logical, representative districts | The Highland County Press

CLEVELAND, Ohio - As Ohioans weigh a proposed state constitutional amendment that would remove elected politicians from drawing state legislative and congressional maps as a way to avoid partisan district lines, a new Baldwin Wallace University poll finds 69% of Ohio voters oppose drawing district lines to deliberately favor one party or another.

Cleveland, Ohio

Ohioans hate gerrymandering, poll shows. Both sides of Issue 1 claim they’re fighting it

Ohio voter advocates say gerrymandering robs voters of power, and fair maps mean more bipartisanship from lawmakers and district maps that are actually logical and representative. Throughout the two years that Ohio spent watching the Ohio Redistricting Commission adopt and revise six Ohio Statehouse maps and two congressional maps, there were attempts to bring levity to the process. One such attempt was naming the sometimes meandering, oftentime…

Ohio Capital Journal

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Ohio voter advocates say fair maps mean more bipartisanship and logical, representative districts

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abc News

Historian Mary Ziegler talks about the legal battles shaping reproductive rights across the U.S. — including the scope of abortion access and the fate of invitro-fertilization.

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Where do things stand with reproductive rights as we head into the election?

A North Carolina woman is running a self-described "built to lose" campaign for a state senate seat in a bid to draw attention to anti-democratic partisan gerrymandering.Kate Barr, a 42-year-old mother of two, is a Democrat running for North Carolina's 37th Senate District, a seat she says she canno...

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Raw Story

North Carolina woman running 'can't win' state senate campaign against gerrymandering

North Carolina Democratic state Senate candidate Kate Barr is competing in an election she knows she can’t win, but hopes to change in the future.  ​  Politics – CBSNews.comRead MoreThe post How some politicians are fighting back against gerrymandering appeared first on Local First Media Group.

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