Ohio Issue 1 Ballot Language 2024. Columbus, ohio (ap) — ohio election officials have approved ballot language that will describe this fall’s issue 1, a redistricting measure, as requiring gerrymandering when. Mike dewine, say the ballot language would prescribe a specific outcome by requiring maps to match statewide voting preferences (or.

Supporters of the citizens not politicians amendment call the approved language misleading and disingenuous. The ohio supreme court decision on ballot summary language for issue 1 came as a relief to elections officials, who are facing a key deadline this week.