Maureen O'Connor

Ohio's chief elections officer rammed through ballot language last week aimed at wrecking the chances for redistricting reform.

Citizens Not Politicians' anti-gerrymandering ballot issue will be decided by Ohio voters in November. Ohio Republicans fear voters may take away their power.

Citizens Not Politicians, of which O'Connor is a part, put an anti-gerrymandering amendment on the November ballot.

If approved by voters, the "Citizens Not Politicians" amendment would replace the current Republican-driven commission with the Ohio Citizens Redistricting Commission.

On Cincinnati Edition, we talk with retired Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor about her group's effort to put citizens, not politicians, in charge of drawing districts.

The Ohio Ballot Board, headed by Republican Frank LaRose, will meet Thursday. They could take a proposal for a new redistricting plan and split it into pieces. Here's why that would be a problem.

The chief justice is a Republican who is not at all fond of the partisan gerrymandering that Ohio Republicans are so devoted to.

There are many who say that this talk of impeaching Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor could simply be a matter of political vengeance against a person who dared stand in Republicans' way.

Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor has assembled a task force to examine how judges set bail for people charged with crimes. The group had its first meeting Wednesday. O’Connor is asking the task force to look at how bail is set in other states and to talk about possible changes to Ohio’s rules.

The Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court is continuing her statewide conversations about judicial election reform. Maureen O'Connor spoke Friday to the…