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The Ohio Supreme Court Just Greenlit an Egregious “Fraud Upon the Voters”

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Ohio voters will have an opportunity to vote on Issue 1 , a constitutional amendment that would abolish partisan gerrymandering.

Frida Ghitis: Voters will not be informed of this fact on the ballot.

She says the amendment will be described in misleading terms on ballot itself, with ultra-biased language designed to turn citizens against it.

Ghitis says the court’s decision marks another effort to subvert democracy in Ohio by Republicans who fear that the citizenry might loosen their stranglehold on power.

Frida Ghitis : Ohio Supreme Court upheld an anti-gerrymandering amendment on Monday .

She says the majority's reasoning is so willfully obtuse that it would be funny if it weren't so antidemocratic.

Ghitis says Issue 1 is designed to ensure that citizens exercise ultimate authority over redistricting.

She asks: Issue 1 aims to put redistricting in the hands of citizens, not politicians, but the ballot board recast this reform as a malevolent plot.

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