Confusing language on gerrymandering proposal will stay on Ohio’s ballot

Republican-controlled ballot board approved the unclear language days before state supreme court voted to correct it

Ohio voters will see misleading language when they go to vote on an anti-gerrymandering proposal this fall after the state supreme court greenlit the deceptive wording written by Republicans.

The Republican-controlled Ohio ballot board approved the language Wednesday in a 3-2 party-line vote, two days after the Republican-led state supreme court voted 4-3 to correct various defects the justices found in what the board had already passed. The court’s ruling, however, did not require the ballot board to rewrite some of the most significant portions of the amendment.