Arnold Schwarzenegger was wrapping up his time at the festival bearing his name on Sunday, but made time to throw his muscle behind an effort to place an anti-gerrymandering amendment to Ohio’s Constitution on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.
“I was asked to come here since I was already in the building,” the former California governor joked inside a packed meeting room at the Hilton Columbus Downtown as the four-day Arnold Sports Festival wrapped up.
But Schwarzenegger, a Republican, said he supports the Ohio anti-gerrymandering effort because he backed a similar initiative in California to create a citizens redistricting commission that he said has worked.
“Get the legislature and the lawmakers out of the redistricting business,” Schwarzenegger said.