We Fought for Redistricting Reform in 2024

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We Fought for Redistricting Reform in 2024

Ohio politicians and lobbyists manipulate voting districts to protect their interests and guarantee their re-election. In 2024, Common Cause Ohio joined redistricting reform partners in the Fair Districts coalition to mobilize volunteers to collect signatures, educate voters and champion the need for the Citizens Not Politicians ballot initiative. Learn about our efforts.

Fair Redistricting & Ending Gerrymandering

The Battle for Fair Maps in Ohio in 2024

In 2024, Ohioans had the opportunity to take the redistricting process away from elected officials and give the power to draw the lines to an independent citizens redistricting commission. Common Cause Ohio worked with the Citizens Not Politicians campaign to ban gerrymandering in Ohio once and for all. It was an epic battle with its roots in prior redistricting reform efforts, the earliest of which started back in the 1980s. Read more about the battle to end gerrymandering in Ohio.

Thanks to confusion, obfuscation and outright lies from the opposition, in the end the Citizens Not Politicians ballot initiative fell short at the ballot box. But volunteer teams across the state organized by Common Cause Ohio and our coalition partners did heroic work collecting signatures, educating the public, and fighting for fair maps and a stronger democracy. This work will have a lasting impact!

Here are some stats about the work Common Cause members and our coalition partners did together in 2023-2024:

182K signatures collected by Fair Districts volunteers
18+ trainings and 2,000 trained signature collectors
200+ local team leaders across the state
130+ trained Speakers Bureau members, 300+ speaking engagements, 7.5k+ participants at these events
15,000+ yard signs distributed, 1,000+ t-shirts
Hundreds of shifts at Early Vote and on Election Day, handing out hundreds of thousands of fliers.
3,694 participants in Fair Districts Huddles from Jan. 2023 to October 2024

Click here to read the email we sent to Common Cause Ohio members on election night.

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We’re on a mission to run our most responsive Election Protection program ever – and we need your help to meet the needs of the challenging road ahead. Our volunteers will be working in their communities – helping their neighbors vote in the primaries, throughout early voting, or even in-person on Election Day. But we can’t do it without your support. Contributions to Common Cause Education Fund are tax deductible — our tax identification number...