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.

The Ohio Supreme Court has let stand ballot language that will describe this fall's Issue 1 as requiring gerrymandering, when the proposal is intended to do the opposite.

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