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Ohio Groups Launch Signature Effort for Congressional Redistricting Amendment

Ideastream Public Media | By Lydia Taylor,
Mitch Felan
Published June 1, 2017 at 8:39 PM EDT
Ohio Environmental Council executive director Heather Taylor-Miesle (left) was joined by speakers from Common Cause Ohio and The League of Women Voters for the launch.
THE FAIR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS FOR OHIO COMMITTEE
Ohio Environmental Council executive director Heather Taylor-Miesle (left) was joined by speakers from Common Cause Ohio and The League of Women Voters for the launch.
Ohio Environmental Council executive director Heather Taylor-Miesle (left) was joined by speakers from Common Cause Ohio and The League of Women Voters for the launch.
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THE FAIR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS FOR OHIO COMMITTEE
Ohio Environmental Council executive director Heather Taylor-Miesle (left) was joined by speakers from Common Cause Ohio and The League of Women Voters for the launch.

Several Ohio groups helped kick off a new campaign Thursday to put a redistricting reform amendment on the state ballot.

The Fair Congressional Districts for Ohio committee is pushing a ballot proposal which will need more than 300,000 signatures to be considered.

The committee says the proposal is similar to Issue 1, a redistricting amendment which passed with bipartisan support in 2015.

Heather Taylor-Miesle is the executive director of the Ohio Environmental Council, which hosted the event.

“We see democracy as broken, and this is the moment whenever people take the power back and start to fix what we see as no longer working. We’re just really proud to be a part of that and be part of the solution instead of part of the complaining.”

Supporters of the ballot amendment have until July 5 to gather the signatures.

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Lydia Taylor
Lydia Taylor is a news intern for WKSU. She is a junior multimedia journalism major at Kent State University with experience in print and visual journalism. She is currently working towards a Bachelor’s Degree in Multimedia Journalism. During the school year, Taylor works for Kent State Student Media in The Kent Stater and KentWired. She is currently an assigning editor and a reporter in the Kent State University Student Media Newsroom for the spring semester.
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Mitch Felan
Mitch Felan is a news intern for WKSU. He is a multimedia journalist with experience in print, television, radio and visual journalism. Felan is a junior at Kent State University, working towards a Bachelor's Degree in Multimedia Journalism. During the school year, Felan works for Kent State Student Media in TV2, The Kent Stater, and KentWired. He will be serving as the Digital Director for Kent State University's Student Media Newsroom in the Fall.
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