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Ohio Issue 1 Establish the Citizens Redistricting Commission Initiative 2024 Explained
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In the run-up to the November 5, 2024 general election, Ballotpedia brings you our hallmark nonpartisan, objective information on noteworthy elections and ballot measures. • In this video, I’ll discuss Ohio’s Issue 1, which will be on the November ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment. • Interesting facts about this particular ballot measure: • -The average number of words in a 2024 ballot title was 68. • -Ohio Issue 1 is 2024s longest ballot title, with 940 words. In fact, it’s the longest ballot title since Ballotpedia started tracking ballot measure readability scores in 2017. • -Ohio Issue 1 has a readability score of 18, which is equivalent to a bachelor’s degree. • A yes vote supports establishing the Ohio Citizens Redistricting Commission, a 15-member non-politician commission responsible for adopting state legislative and congressional redistricting plans. • A no vote opposes establishing the Ohio Citizens Redistricting Commission, thus keeping both the Ohio Redistricting Commission, a politician commission established in 2015 for state legislative districts, and the process established for congressional districts in 2018. • How can Ohio have a vote to establish a commission that already exists? • This is a vote to establish the Ohio Citizens Redistricting Commission, which is DIFFERENT from the existing Ohio Redistricting Commission. A “yes” vote on Ohio 1 is to form a non-politician commission, as opposed to the current political commission, where the members are all politicians, like legislative leaders and the secretary of state. • Voters in Ohio have twice rejected ballot initiatives to create a non-politician redistricting commission. In 2012, voters rejected Issue 2, which would have created a 12-person commission. In 2005, voters rejected Issue 4, which would have created a five-person commission. • In Ohio, the state publishes an official argument from supporters and an official argument from opponents. Let’s briefly get into those arguments: • Citizens Not Politicians is leading the campaign in support of the ballot initiative. • Recent campaign finance reports note Citizens Not Politicians had received $26.95 million, including $6.67 million from the Sixteen Thirty Fund, • $3.58 million from the American Civil Liberties Union, • and $3.50 million from Article IV. • Supporters include former Ohio Supreme Court Justices Democrat Yvette McGee Brown and Republican Maureen O'Connor, Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio, along with several labor unions, including the Ohio AFL-CIO and Ohio Education Association, and nonprofit organizations like the Ohio NAACP, and Planned Parenthood of Ohio. • Ohio Works is leading the campaign in opposition to the ballot initiative. • Opponents are all Republicans, including Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Secretary of State Frank LaRose, Senate President Republican Matt Huffman, House Speaker Jason Stephens, and former President Donald Trump. • If passed, Ohio 1 establishes the Ohio Citizens Redistricting Commission, which would be responsible for adopting state legislative and congressional redistricting plans. It would replace the current Ohio Redistricting Commission • If passed, the new commission would have 15 members: 5 Republicans, 5 Democrats, and 5 independents or members of other political parties. • The ballot measure would create a screening panel of four retired judges, two Republicans, and two Democrats, to review and screen applicants interested in serving as commission members. • Commission members would be required to have relevant qualifications and a commitment to impartiality, compromise, and fairness. • The commission's actions and deliberations would be conducted in public meetings. Actions would require the affirmative vote of at least nine (of 15) commissioners. • The ballot measure would require that the commission adopt final redistricting plans no later than September 19, 2025, and by July 15 of every year ending in one (2031, 2041, and so on). The ballot measure requires that district maps closely reflect the statewide partisan preferences of Ohio voters. • Ohio would be the ninth state to establish a non-politician commission for congressional redistricting and the tenth state for state legislative redistricting. The most recent states to establish non-politician commissions were Colorado and Michigan in 2018. • Read online: https://ballotpedia.org/Ohio_Issue_1,...) • • Ballotpedia is the digital encyclopedia of American politics, and the nation’s premier resource for unbiased information on elections, politics, and policy. • Visit us at https://www.ballotpedia.org
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