Politicians are failing us, ignoring constitutional standards for fair maps and ignoring demands from voters to end their gerrymandering ways. Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved state legislative redistricting reform in 2015 and congressional redistricting reform in 2018. Both reforms won with well over 70% of the vote and passed in all 88 Ohio counties. Today, Ohioans still don’t have fair districts.
The Citizens Not Politicians (CNP) Amendment will:
- Create the 15-member Ohio Citizens Redistricting Commission made up of Democratic, Republican and Unaffiliated citizens who broadly represent Ohio’s different geographic areas and demographics.
- Ban current or former politicians, political party officials, lobbyists, and large political donors from sitting on the Commission.
- Require fair and impartial districts by making it unconstitutional to draw voting districts that discriminate against or favor any political party or individual politician.
- Empower and enable voters to vote for their representative vs politicians choosing their constituents.
- Require the commission to operate under an open and independent process.
Approximately 413,000 valid signatures are needed to put the Citizens Not Politicians petition on the November 2024 General Ballot. Please contact your local county party for events to sign the petition. Visit here for contact information for your local county party.
When we put citizens in charge of the map-making process,
we can end gerrymandering in Ohio and
ensure politicians are beholden to the people they serve —
not themselves or special interests.