Ohio redistricting amendment campaign submits hundreds of thousands of voter signatures in bid to make November ballot

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio is one step closer to having a high-stakes redistricting reform amendment on the November ballot, after backers submitted hundreds of thousands of voter signatures to the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office on Monday.

The Citizens Not Politicians campaign says it turned in 731,306 voter signatures, after the group spent the past seven months circulating petitions around the state. Of those signatures, at least 413,487 must be valid, including a baseline in 44 of Ohio’s 88 counties, for the measure to appear on the November ballot.