cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17903878
If you have an Enquirer sub- another article here- https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/23/its-official-ohioans-will-vote-on-whether-to-remove-politicians-from-congressional-and-statehouse-re/74336416007/
I feel like this is a no brainer no matter which way you lean. We should want fair districts and actual representation.
If you read the full text of the amendment you’ll see it has a lot of safeguards designed to ensure fair districts.
https://www.citizensnotpoliticians.org/petition/
This is unequivocally an improvement over the current process where legislators get to pick their voters and disenfranchise people.
Note- you have to click the document itself to get the full PDF of it which is 31 pages long.