Former Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor is now the face of a bipartisan movement to stop gerrymandering by overhauling the redistricting system.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — When her Ohio Supreme Court decisions were ignored by Republicans, former Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor vowed to fix what she calls a broken system. She is now the face of a bipartisan movement to stop gerrymandering by overhauling the redistricting system."What have I been doing since I've retired?" O'Connor said in an interview Wednesday with Statehouse reporter Morgan Trau.
RELATED: Proposed constitutional amendment seeks to end gerrymandering after legislature defied courts "I am of the opinion that the maps were constitutional," Bird said about the legislative maps that were shut down five times, and the twice-rejected congressional maps."They became more gerrymandered as we went along in order to try to comply with the court's requests."
The amendment has specific guidelines on transparency. Citizens will be vetted by a bipartisan screening panel of four retired judges, along with the Ohio Ballot Board."I don't know that she's a Republican," he said."I don't see any evidence of that." Redistricting laws changed in 2018. There was a huge outcry to combat gerrymandering in the years leading up to that election. By a nearly 75-25% vote, Ohioans chose a new redistricting system, one that was supposed to prevent supermajority power from dictating maps."The overarching problem with both amendments?" she said."It was the makeup of the redistricting commission.
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