Ohio GOP again attempts to go around voters, this time on redistricting and minimum wage

Reporter at News 5 Cleveland

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Republicans are at it again — using taxpayer dollars to attempt to subvert the will of the people by making it harder to access the ballot.

"Those of us who want fair districts, which is the majority of Ohioans, we know what you're up to," Irvin told lawmakers in the Government Oversight Committee. "It gives the attorney general very broad authority to step in with... what could be frivolous complaints to the OEC," House Minority Leader Allison Russo said."To step in takes that prosecutorial authority from what has been with the county prosecutors to the attorney general — I remind you that the Attorney General also ultimately has to approve ballot language so he has a conflict of interest.

"It's not about foreign money — this is about killing ballot initiatives, harassing the folks who are organizing those ballot initiatives and donating to those ballot initiatives, legitimate volunteers, legitimate donors," Russo said. It requires any group rallying for a cause to register as a PAC, meaning filing disclosures with the government and making it more difficult to collect signatures.

"It's been a problem for a long time — it certainly went into overdrive on the three ballot issues last year," Senate President Matt Huffman said."We mentioned in the tens of millions of dollars that were spent." Right now, politicians like Huffman draw the maps, even though they directly benefit from the process.

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