DeWine made the announcement on Wednesday during a press conference with reporters.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine says Ohio needs to change how it handles redistricting. But he’s declining to try to force the legislature to advance an alternative to a measure voters will decide this November.
DeWine said if the redistricting measure is defeated in November, he would push lawmakers to pursue an alternate redistricting amendment modeled after how it’s done in Iowa, where the state legislature’s nonpartisan research agency draws maps that are then approved by the state legislature. Voters last changed Ohio’s redistricting process in 2015 and 2018, passing reforms meant to make the process more bipartisan. But the process broke down the first time it was used in 2021, with Republicans eventually defying multiple orders from the Ohio Supreme Court that deemed the maps unconstitutionally gerrymandered in favor of the GOP.
Under the current system, Republicans enjoy massive supermajorities in both chambers of the Ohio General Assembly and a 10-5 advantage among the state’s congressional delegation. Meanwhile, they’ve gotten about 56% of the vote in recent statewide elections.
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