To the editor:

Let’s be clear: If you, the voter, want to end gerrymandering in Ohio, vote YES on Issue One. Already you are seeing red signs around the area urging you to vote “no” to “end gerrymandering.” But this is nothing but a twisting of the facts by the Republican supermajority in our Ohio Statehouse, the Republican dominated Ballot Board and the Ohio Supreme Court — also Republican dominated —  that once again has totally and intentionally distorted the actual ballot language to confuse you. You, the voter, should be offended that they think you are that uninformed.

Issue One is proposing to take the drawing of our voting districts OUT of the control of politicians and putting it into the hands of citizens through a thorough, non-partisan selection of a 15 member commission representative of ALL Ohio citizens. That’s why it is called “Citizens Not Politicians.” It establishes for voters to chose their elected officials, NOT for politicians to choose their voters by manipulating voting districts.

The Republican supermajority and the Ballot Board thought they could fool Ohioans in 2023 when they tried to pass Issue One in August 2023 to raise the passage rate of citizen-based amendments to 60% from 50%+1.

You saw through their trickery and defeated that! Then, you saw through their trickery again in November 2023, by PASSING Issue One to protect Ohioans reproductive rights. Beware of their trickery again! VOTE YES ON ISSUE ONE!

JAN DOUGLASS,

New Waterford