WHAT IS A FAIR MAP?
Ohio needs district maps that reflect how Ohioans actually vote.
Ohio Republicans are not winning supermajorities of the vote, but currently hold supermajorities of our Statehouse and congressional seats. That's not fair or reasonable.
Over the last decade, Republicans have only captured about 54% of Ohio’s statewide vote. Our maps need to reflect that reality. A fair map will not give Republicans more than 54% of the seats.
At the state legislative level, fair maps will include at least 45 Democratic House seats (out of 99 seats) and 15 Democratic Senate seats (out of 33 seats).
Fair maps keep communities together.
You and your neighbors should have the same elected officials! That's just common sense.
No packing — We won’t accept maps where voters from one party or community are packed together to create one district where there should be two (Toledo/Cleveland’s District 9, for example).
No cracking — We won’t accept maps where voters from one party or community are cracked apart into two unnecessary districts to weaken the power of their votes (Cincinnati area Districts 1 and 2, for example).
We should limit county splits across the state to keep our communities strong, whole, and united.
Fair state legislative maps will protect our communities against having our voices silenced by gerrymandered districts
Ohio’s major metropolitan areas — specifically Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Akron, Dayton, Toledo — have been unnecessarily cracked apart AND packed together to minimize political and community representation. A fair map would reverse this trend.
A fair map will minimize community splits to maximize community representation.
The Equal Districts Coalition endorses citizen-led maps.
Our coalition has been working to engage all Ohioans in the redistricting process — because Ohioans know their communities best. The most accurate district maps will be drawn using input from real people living in each district.
That’s why the Equal Districts Coalition endorses the state legislative “unity maps” drawn by the Ohio Citizens’ Redistricting Commission (OCRC).
VIEW THE MAPS
The OCRC held public hearings throughout the state and gathered over 2,000 testimonies to compile their data.
By endorsing these maps, we’re lifting up the testimonies of thousands of everyday Ohioans. We’re giving them a megaphone to amplify their voices. That’s what the Equal Districts Coalition is all about.
