COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) – The Ohio Supreme Court is leaving the ballot language for Issue 1 largely unchanged.
In a four-to-three ruling on Monday, the court decided to let the measure go before voters in November with only a couple of minor updates.
The group that is pushing the referendum, Citizens Not Politicians, filed a lawsuit arguing that the wording approved by the Ohio Ballot Board is inaccurate and is meant to give voters a negative impression of the proposal.
If passed, Issue 1 will set up a panel of Republican, Democrat, and independent citizens who have never held an elected office to oversee the drawing of Ohio’s legislative district maps.
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