Ohioans rally for fair and transparent redistricting process

Meeting is today

By Susan Tebben
The Ohio Capital Journal

COLUMBUS — 

Update: The Joint Committee on Congressional Redistricting announced its first meeting is scheduled for today, (Sept. 22 at 11 a.m. in the Ohio Senate’s Finan Finance Hearing Room.

Ohioans from across the state’s congressional districts joined hands in a circle around the Statehouse on Wednesday, as a show of solidarity and hope for a fair redistricting process.

Demonstrators demanding a fair congressional redistricting process join hands and surround the Ohio Statehouse during a rally on Wednesday. (Photo by Susan Tebben/Ohio Capital Journal)

More than 100 Ohio citizens joined the demonstration organized by advocacy groups including Common Cause Ohio and the League of Women Voters of Ohio, demanding that legislators listen to their concerns and follow the state constitution as lawmakers begin the process of redrawing the congressional districts in the state.

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