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Retired Ohio Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor talks fall's anti-gerrymandering amendment

Ohio Supreme Court Justice Maureen O'Connor delivers her final state of the judiciary speech on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. O'Connor, a Republican, said Ohio's efforts to curb gerrymandering are not working and voters must once again amend the constitution to take politics completely out of the process.
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Ohio Supreme Court Justice Maureen O'Connor delivers her final state of the judiciary speech on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. O'Connor, a Republican, said Ohio's efforts to curb gerrymandering are not working and voters must once again amend the constitution to take politics completely out of the process.

A proposed constitutional amendment to overhaul the redistricting process in Ohio will go to voters this fall. The group Citizens Not Politicians turned in enough valid signatures to make the November ballot in 2024.

Their amendment would create a 15-member commission of unelected citizens to draw legislative and congressional districts.

But will Republican lawmakers challenge the amendment by putting a competing amendment on the fall ballot?

On Cincinnati Edition, we talk with retired Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, a lifelong Republican who helped write the amendment, as well as WVXU Senior Political Analyst Howard Wilkinson about how Ohio Republicans may challenge it.

Guests:

  • Maureen O’Connor, retired Chief Justice, Ohio Supreme Court
  • Howard Wilkinson, senior political analyst, WVXU

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