Retired Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor on Tuesday visited polling places across the 6th Ohio Congressional District for the special election. She met with voters and local leaders and thanked volunteers gathering signatures…
Posts Published by gps_sean
At 98, Ohio woman continues lifetime of civic engagement by gathering petitions in favor of constitutional amendment to end gerrymandering
Elinor Polster has lived in Cleveland for all of her 98 years and has advocated for social justice as long as she can remember. Now, decades after helping to foster a famous racially integrated community…
Ohio citizen group sees strong support to end gerrymandering
Local volunteers involved in a citizen-led effort to amend Ohio’s constitution to try to get rid of gerrymandering say they have seen a strong show of support from community members and they are confident they…
Hundreds of Volunteers Collect Signatures on Primary Election Day
As the politicians sat at home on Tuesday waiting to watch the returns on another gerrymandered election, hundreds of citizens – Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, rural, urban and suburban – showed up in force at…
Experts agree: amendment to end gerrymandering will promote more responsive, effective legislature
A proposed constitutional amendment to reform Ohio’s redistricting process is necessary to protect voters and the issues they care about, voting and legal experts said Monday at a forum on gerrymandering at The Ohio State…
Citizens of Chillicothe Unite Against Gerrymandering
In a display of civic engagement, Chillicothe-area residents rallied at Yoctangee Park on Saturday for a drive-through signature gathering event. The event, organized by volunteer citizens, gathered scores of signatures on petitions to place the…
Message from Schwarzenegger, Ohio Citizens to Gerrymandering Politicians: ‘Hasta la vista, baby!’
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sunday called on all Ohioans to support the Citizens Not Politicians amendment to end gerrymandering in the Buckeye State. “The Constitution says, ‘We the people’ not ‘We the politicians,”…
What is the ‘Gerrymander’ and will it be slain?
A broad coalition of Ohioans is working to “Slay the Gerrymander” by placing a proposed constitutional amendment to bar partisan gerrymandering on the Nov. 5, 2024, ballot. In coming months, we will no doubt be…
Former Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice wants to put fairness to a vote
Maureen O’Connor didn’t expect to lead the charge of fair redistricting in Ohio. But here she is. O’Connor, the former Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice, has become a key figure in the group Citizens Not…
Greater Cleveland Congregations gets behind effort to end Ohio gerrymandering
More than 300 members of Greater Cleveland Congregations gathered at Elizabeth Baptist Church for a political action Tuesday evening, and strategy team member Rev. James Crews set the tone early. “Tonight is big, it’s big,…