Ohio’s state level redistricting maps have been approved by the state’s apportionment board, and now some of the members on the board are pushing for future reform, according to the Columbus Dispatch.
Ohio legislature’s proposed redistricting map scores last in redistricting competition Redistricting competitions, calls for transparency spread throughout Midwest
Ohio Congressional Redistricting – Citizen Maps to Be ReleasedWhat maps will the Legislature consider? CONTACTS: Jim Slagle, Ohio Campaign for Accountable Redistricting, (o) 614-221-6077, (c) 740-396-0195 Catherine Turcer, Ohio Citizen Action Money in Politics Project, 614-579-5509 Leah Rush, Midwest Democracy…
On Friday, August 26 and Saturday, August 27, Midwest Democracy Network will be attending the Democracy Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. The conference will be covering many of the issues…
The League of Women Voters of Ohio Education Fund, the Midwest Democracy Network, and Ohio Citizen Action released the winning maps from the Ohio Redistricting Competition today. The competition, which…
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President Obama’s proposed executive order on federal contractor campaign disclosure has gotten some national press this past week. Midwest Democracy Network members came out in support of the executive order last week, but the order now has some media…
Network groups have signed on to a letter organized by Campaign Legal Center in support of President Obama’s proposed executive order requiring government contractors to disclose their political donations. Read the full text of the letter below:May 4, 2011The Hon.…
Even after President Obama completely opted out of public financing in the 2008 presidential election, the White House opposes a Republican-backed bill that would…
The Ohio Elections Commission found no violations in an appearance by former Fox News host Republican’s John Kasich on The O’Reilly Factor where he solicited campaign contributions.The complaint filed by the Democratic…
From the sweltering Mississippi of 1964’s “Freedom Summer” to Washington’s marbled corridors of power to the rough-and-tumble of Illinois politics, Larry Hansen devoted his nearly 50-year career to making American democracy work better. Hansen, vice president of the Joyce Foundation…
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