An issue on the Ohio ballot could change how district maps are drawn in the state if passed in November. Issue 1 is not the first time there has been an anti-gerrymandering initiative on the ballot, though. In 2015 and 2018, redistricting amendments were passed, but this year's is taking a new approach, focusing on who is drawing the maps.

Counties and municipalities across central Ohio have issues on November ballot, many seeking tax increases for services such as public safety, roads.

The Ohio Supreme Court decision on ballot summary language for Issue 1 came as a relief to elections officials, who are facing a key deadline this week.

Ballot language for state Issue 1 is approved, for the second time, after revisions were ordered by the Ohio Supreme Court. “[The language] was done and it was created for the main purpose of hoodwinking the voters,

The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld most of a Republican-authored ballot summary of the state’s proposed redistricting amendment, which includes the not-so-flattering title “To create an appointed redistricting commission not elected by or subject to removal by the voters of the state” and asserts that the reform measure would require gerrymandering instead of

Less than one month before early voting and less than 50 days before the election, ballot language for Issue 1, Ohio’s only statewide ballot issue, is still not set in stone. What is Issue 1? Issue 1,