Editorials and Opinion

"If Ohio voters change the way districts are drawn, they can send a message to other states as well.  A true bipartisan solution to an important legislative issue: heavens knows that would be welcome in our current political environment." Cincinnati Enquirer/Cincinnati.com editorial Voters Should Support Issue 1, End Gerrymandering, May 4, 2018

"Ohioans have one vote they can feel unreservedly good about casting May 8: Yes on Issue 1." Canton Repository editorial Yes on Issue 1 for Congressional Redistricting Plan, April 30, 2018.

"We strongly recommend voting 'yes' on state Issue 1 on May 8." Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com editorial Yes on state Issue 1, April 14, 2018 

"Ohio voters have an excellent opportunity between today, when early voting begins, and May 8, primary election day, to have a big influence on future elections. They can do that by approving Issue 1..." Findlay-Hancock County Courier editorial 'Yes' on Issue 1, April 10, 2018

"State Issue 1 is good for Republicans. It's good for Democrats. But most of all, it's good for Ohio." Lima News editorial State Issue 1 Brings Fairness to Redistricting, April 7, 2018

Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, column, Ohio Shows Illinois How It's Done with Fair Maps, May 10, 2018
Cleveland.com/Plain Dealer, Issue 1's Passage Presages Fairer Congressional Districting in Ohio Finally,  May 8, 2018
WCPO Channel 9, Why Supporters Want to Change Ohio Redistricting Ohio Redistricting Process, May 7, 2018
Delaware Gazette, letter to the editor, Issue 1 Seeks to Create Fairly Drawn Congressional Districts, May 7, 2018
Cincinnati Enquirer/Cincinnati.com, letter to the editor, Politicians Shouldn't Be Picking Voters, May 6, 2018
​Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com, Again, Yes on Issue 1, May 5, 2018
Cincinnati Enquirer/Cincinnati.com, Voters Should Support Issue 1, End Gerrymandering, May 4, 2018
Akron Beacon Journal, letter to the editor, Approving Issue 1 Would Strengthen Democracy, May 4, 2018
Intelligencer Wheeling News-Register, Vote 'Yes' on Ohio Issue 1, May 4, 2018
Canton Repository, Yes for Issue 1 for Congressional Redistricting Plan, April 30, 2018 
Crain's Cleveland Business, Yes on Issue 1, April 29, 2018
​Kent Record-Courier, Issue 1 Deserves Your Vote, April 29, 2018
Cincinnati Enquirer, op-ed, Redistricting Proposal Unites Strange Bedfellows, April 29, 2018
Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com, letter to the editor,  For Issue 1, April 29, 2018
Cleveland.com, op-ed. League of Women Voters Urges Yes on Issue 1 for Ohio Redistricting Reform, April 29, 2018
Youngstown Vindicator, For Fairness in Voter Redistricting, Vote 'Yes' on State Issue 1, April 28, 2018
Akron Beacon Journal, letter to the editor, County Political Party Chairs Support State Issue 1, April 27, 2018 
Dayton Daily News, commentary, Ohio Voters Get to Weigh in on Gerrymandering, April 25, 2018
Toledo Blade, lettter to the editor, Cast a 'Yes' Vote for Issue 1, April 23, 2018 
Newark Advocate, letter to the editor, Vote Yes on Issue 1, April 20, 2018
Newark Advocate, Redistricting Reform Deserves Support, April 20, 2018
Athens Messenger, letter to the editor, Vote 'Yes' on Issue 1, April 20, 2018
Jackson County Times-Journal, letter to the editor, Vote Yes on Issue 1, April 19, 2018
Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com, Yes on State Issue 1, April 14, 2018
Athens News, Vote for Democracy; End Gerrymandering with Issue 1, April 11, 2018   
Columbus Dispatch, Yes on Issue 1 for Congressional Redistricting Plan, April 10, 2018
Findlay-Hancock County Courier, 'Yes' on Issue 1, April 10, 2018
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Yes on Issue 1 for Congressional Redistricting Reform in Ohio, April 8, 2018
Lima News, State Issue 1 Brings Fairness to Redistricting, April 7, 2018
Akron Beacon Journal, Commentary, Barbara Hunsicker, Karen Leith & Helen Fire: End Gerrymandering Vote for State Issue 1, April 6, 2018
Columbus Dispatch, Commentary, Issue 1 is the Cure for Ohio's Lopsided Election Districts, March 25, 2018
Cleveland.com, guest column, Ohio's Historic Congressional Redistricting Reform, February 18, 2018
WISC-TV, Ohio Embarrasses Wisconsin, February 12, 2018
Toledo Blade, editorial cartoon, Snake by the Lake, February 11, 2018
Columbus Dispatch, Redistricting Deal Is a Hopeful Sign, February 8, 2018
Cleveland.com Analysis, Ohio's Proposed Gerrymandering Fix Is Not Perfect, But Big Step- Out of Line: Impact 2017 and Beyond, February 7, 2018 
Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com, Ohio Gets Real Redistricting Reform, February 6, 2018
Toledo Blade, GOP Needs Redistricting Pact, February 2, 2018
Kenton Times, Letter to the Editor, Act Now for Fair Ohio Districts, February 2, 2018
Akron Beacon Journal, Do Statehouse Republicans Want a Redistricting Deal?, January 31, 2018
​Toledo Blade, Redistrict for the Greater Good, January 26, 2018
Akron Beacon Journal, It's Bipartisan or Bust When it Comes to Redistricting Reform, January 25, 2018
Columbus Dispatch, Ohioans Want Real Reform, January 24, 2018
Cleveland.com, Blatantly Skewed Ohio GOP Congressional Redistricting "Reform" Plan Belongs in the Trash,
​January 19, 2018
Toledo Blade, Kill the Snake By the Lake, January 16, 2018
Akron Beacon Journal, Letter to the Editor, Take Back the Right to Fair Representation, January 3, 2018
Recent News
Washington Post, Ohio Voters Just Made Gerrymandering More Trouble than It's Worth, May 9, 2018
Esquire, Tuesday's Most Important Victory Didn't Go to Any Candidate, May 9, 2018
The Nation, Ohio Voters Just Overturned Anti-Democratic Gerrymandering, May 9, 2018
Huffington Post, Ohio Voters Pass Gerrymandering Reform Measures, May 8, 2018 
Ohio Public Radio, Ohio Voters Approve Congressional Redistricting Plan, May 8, 2018
​The Hill, Ohio Voters Pass Redistricting Reform Initiative, May 8, 2018
Cincinnati.com/Cincinnati Enquirer, Ohio Voters Just Approved Issue 1 to Curb Gerrymandering in Congress, May 8, 2018
Cleveland.com/Plain Dealer, Ohio Votes to Reform Congressional Redistricting: Issue1 Could End Gerrymandering, May 8, 2018
Columbus Dispatch, Things to Know about Ohio's Primary Election Tuesday, May 7, 2018
Vox, The Ohio Gerrymandering Reform Going for a Statewide Vote This Week, Explained, May 7, 2018
Huffington Post, Ohio Voters Have a Chance to Do Something about Gerrymandering, May 6, 2018
Urbana Daily Citizen, Issue 1 Seeks to End Partisan Gerrymandering, May 6, 2018
Dayton Daily News, Election 2018: An In-depth Look at State Issue 1, May 5, 2018
Columbus Dispatch, Issue 1's Compromise Redistricting Plan Touted as Route to Fairer Congressional Maps, May 4, 2018
Cleveland.com/Plain Dealer, Ohio Issue 1 Q&A: Congressional Redistricting and the Ills of Gerrymandering - Election Preview, May 3, 2018
WCPO Cincinnati, Both Parties Support Issue 1 to Fight Gerrymandering in Ohio, May 3, 2018
Ohio Public Radio, Congressional Redistricting Reform Proposal - Issue 1 - Has Been Decades in the Making, May 3, 2018
NPR Morning Edition, In Gerrymandered Districts, Constitutents Likely to Lose Economic Security, May 1, 2018
WYSO, Statewide Ballot Issue on May 8 Primary Election Ballot, April 30, 2018
Toledo Blade, Ballot Question Aims to Reform Ohio's Redistricting Process, April 29, 2018
Cleveland.com/Plain Dealer, Vote Yes on Issue 1 to Help End Ohio Gerrymandering, GOP, Democratic Leaders Tell City Club of Clevland, April 26, 2018
Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, Gerrymandering Talked about at Loraine Forum, April 25, 2018
Athens Messenger, A Primer on State Issue 1, April 25, 2018
News-Talk 1480 WHBC, Ohio's Issue 1 Is Endorsed by Democrats and Republicans, April 24, 2018
Norwalk Reflector, Common Cause: Duncan, Lesch Want Fair Congressional Maps, April 23, 2018
WKEF/WRGT, Gerrymandering Is Challenged with Issue 1, April 23, 2018
Idea Stream, Issue 1 Could Remake How Ohio Draws Congressional Districts, April 23, 2018
Kent Record Courier, Forum Discusses May's State Issue 1 on Gerrymandering, April 20, 2018 
WKSU, Issue 1 Doesn't Take Politics Out of Redistricting, But It Makes Politics Work for Ohioans, April 19, 2018
Sunny 95, Issue 1 -  Fair Districts = Fair Elections, April 18, 2018
Cleveland.com, Campaign for Ohio Congressional Redistricting Reform Is Low-Profile and Low-Budget, April 18, 2018 
Two Broads Talking Politics Podcast, Gerrymandering, April 9, 2018
Cincinnati Enquirer video, Ohio Issue 1: Curbing Gerrymandering in Ohio, April 9, 2018
Cincinnati Enquirer, Election 2018: What Is Ohio Issue 1? How Would It Eliminate Gerrymandering?, April 9, 2018
Slate, How Did Ohio Get So Extreme on Abortion?, April 2, 2018
Ohio Public Radio, Citizen Groups Continue to Collect Signatures for Redistricting Proposal, Just in Case, March 29, 2018
Ashtabula Star Beacon, Issue 1 Expected to 'End Gerrymandering' in Ohio, March 29, 2018
FiveThirtyEight, Why Did the Supreme Court Hear a Second Gerrymandering Case?, March 29, 2018
Ohio Public Radio, Ohio GOP Joins Democrats in Endorsing Congressional Redistricting Reform, March 28, 2018
National Public Frustrated Supreme Court Looks for a Solution to Partisan Gerrymandering, March 28, 2018 
Washington Post, Maryland's Redistricting Case Reminds Us: Both Parties Gerrymander. A Lot., March 28, 2018
​CNN, Supreme Court Not Finding Consensus on Gerrymandering, March 28, 2018
Cleveland.com, Energetic Crowd Debates Redistricting Reform Plan, March 20, 2018
Cleveland.com, Redistricting Reform, Gerrymandering to be Subject of Upcoming Panel Discussion, March 15, 2018
Cleveland.com, Northeast Ohioans Favor May Ballot Issue to Reform Congressional Map Drawing: Baldwin-Wallace Poll, March 15, 2018
Cleveland.com, Ohio's Proposed Gerrymandering Fix Is Not Failsafe, This Bad Map Shows, March 13, 2018
Cleveland.com, An Ohio Congressional Map that Makes Sense-- Un-gerrymandered, March 12, 2018
ABC 6 on Your Side, Kasich and Schwarzenegger Throw Back Schnapps to Celebrate Redistricting Plan, March 2, 2018
WTRF, Possible Congressional Redistricting Plan for Ohio, March 2, 2018
Cleveland.com, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Kasich Toast 'Terminating Gerrymandering' with Austrian Schnapps at Ohio Capitol, March 2, 2018
Columbus Dispatch, Schwarzenegger Toasts Ohio Redistricting Plan, March 2, 2018
Columbus Dispatch, Redistricting Proposal Heading to May Ballot as State Issue 1, February 20, 2018
Ohio Public Radio, Congressional Redistricting Reform Plan Will Be on May Primary Ballot as Issue 1, February 20, 2018.
Cleveland.com, Ohio Congressional Redistricting Reform Will Be Issue 1 on May Ballot, February 20, 2018
NPR, Where Redistricting Fights Stand Across the Country, February 15, 2018 
New Political, Voters to Help Decide Redistricting Reform on the May Ballot, February 13, 2018
Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Congressional Districts Could See Big Changes Under Ballot Issue, February 11, 2018
Buckeye Forum Podcast, Ohio Congressional Redistricting Plan, February 11, 2018 
Columbus Dispatch, The Inside Story on Ohio's Redistricting Deal, February 7, 2018
The Hill, Ohio to Vote on Redistricting Reform, February 7, 2018
WOSU, Congressional Redistricting Plan Passes Ohio House, Likely Headed to May Ballot, February 7, 2018
News 5 Cleveland, Ohioans to Vote in May to End Gerrymandering of Congressional Districts, February 7, 2018
US News & World Report, Ohio Lawmakers Approve Redistricting Reform Proposal for Voters, February 6, 2018
Dayton Daily News, Major Changes to How Ohio Draws Congressional Districts Heads to Voters, February 6, 2018
​Associated Press, Deal Reached on Redistricting Proposal, February 6, 2018
​Cleveland.com, Congressional Redistricting Plan Passes  Ohio House, Will Appear on May Ballot, February 6, 2018
NBC 4 Columbus, Ohio Voters to Decide the Fate of Historic Congressional Redistricting Reform Plan, February 6, 2018
Sentinel-Tribune, Ohio Senate Unanimously Moves Redistricting Reform Effort Forward, February 6, 2018
​Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com, Ohio Legislature Poses Landmark Compromise to Discourage Gerrymandering, February 6, 2018
Cincinnati Enquirer, Everyone Complains about Congressional Gerrymandering. Ohio Just Did Something about It,​February 6, 2018
Toledo Blade, Deal Struck on Congressional Redistricting, February 5, 2018
​Ohio Public Radio, Lawmakers Reach Deal with Voter Advocates to Reform Congressional Redistricting, February 5, 2018
Cleveland.com, Ohio Senate Passes Bipartisan Congressional Redistricting Plan, Sending It to the House, February 5, 2018
Columbus Dispatch, Lawmakers, Coalition Reach Deal on New Ohio Congressional Redistricting Plan, February 5, 2018
Cleveland.com, No Deal Yet to Fix Gerrymandering in Ohio; Wednesday Deadline Looms, February 5, 2018
Ohio Public Television/State of the State, No Deal on Congressional Redistricting, Kasich Sounds Off and a Preview of the 2018 Campaign, February 2, 2018
Akron Beacon Journal, Republicans Play the Race Card in Redistricting Debate, February 2, 2018
Dayton Daily News, Reformer Says Republican Plan Wouldn't End Gerrymandering, February 1, 2018 
Toledo Blade, Remap Talks Stall Again, February 1, 2018
Ohio Public Radio, Kasich Says He'll Help with Congressional Redistricting Talks if Asked to Step in, February 1, 2018
Cleveland.com, No Deal on Gerrymandering Fix from Ohio Legislature after Another Day of Talks, January 31, 2018
Ohio Public Radio, Negotiations over Redistricting Reform Break Down, January 31, 2018
Columbus Dispatch, More Talks, Still No Deal on Congressional Redistricting, January 31, 2018
Ohio Public Radio, Ohio Lawmakers Continue Closed Door Negotiations over Redistricting Reform, January 31, 2018
Huffington Post, Top Republican Admits Gerrymandering Could Help Keep Control of the House, January 30, 2018 
Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Congressional Districting Revamp Hanging by a Thread, January 30, 2018
Ohio Public Radio, Controversial Issue Creates Heated Exchange at the Ohio Statehouse, January 30, 2018
Dayton Daily News, Democrats Reject GOP Plan to Change Ohio Congressional Districts, January 30, 2018
Toledo Blade, Lack of Democractic Support Could Doom Remap, January 30, 2018
Cleveland.com, Ohio Redistricting Talks Continue: Four Things to Know, January 30, 2018
New York Times, Just How Bad Is Partisan Gerrymandering? Ask the Mapmakers, January 29, 2018
Cleveland.com, Jon Husted's Simple Idea for a Gerrymandering Fix; Would It Work?-Out of Line: Impact 2017 and Beyond, January 29, 2018
Toledo Blade, Bipartisan Talks over Remap Reform Fall Apart, January 29, 2018
Cleveland.com, Redistricting Ballot Group, Democrats Rejects Changes Proposed by Ohio Republicans, January 29, 2018 
Columbus Dispatch, Talks Fail to Reach Compromise on How to Draw Congressional Districts, January 29, 2018 
Idea Stream, Competing Plans May Go to Ohio Ballot, January 26, 2018
Cleveland.com, Population Clause in Ohio GOP Redistricting Plan Could Enable More Gerrymandering- Out of Line: Impact 2017 and Beyond, January 26, 2017
Columbus Dispatch, Talks Continue, But Deal Still Far Off, January 26, 2018
Policy Matter Ohio Blog, Outrage in Ohio: Real Fix Needed for Obscenely Gerrymandered Districts, January 25, 2018
Daily Show Comedy Central, Gerrymandering: Because America Can Hack Its Own Elections, January 24, 2018
Columbus Dispatch, No Redistricting Vote Without Citizens Coalition Support, Senate President Says, January 24,2018
Toledo Blade, Vote Delayed on GOP Remap Plan, January 24, 2018
Cleveland.com, Ohio Redistricting Advocates Oppose Republican Lawmakers Plan, January 22, 2018
Toledo Blade, Fight Ahead Between Two Redistricting Plans, January 22, 2018
Columbus Dispatch, Coalition Leaders Say GOP Redistricting Plan Won't Fix Ohio Gerrymandering, January 22, 2018
Dayton Daily News, Fight Heats Up Over How Ohio Should Draw Congressional Lines, January 22, 2018
Cleveland.com, Why GOP Redistricting Plan Flunks Test to Rid Ohio of Gerrymandering, January 11, 2018
Columbus Dispatch, GOP Congressional Redistricting Plan Draws Fire, January 10,2018
Cincinnati Enquirer, Can Ohio Redistricting Plan Fix Washington? GOP's initial plans concerns Dems, Ballot Group, January 10, 2018
WOSU, In 2018, Ohioans Could Vote on Marijuana & Redistricting Amendments, January 2, 2018

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