Fix redistricting? Sure, but how?

by Jim Siegel The Columbus Dispatch Nov. 19, 2012
...."With the defeat of state Issue 2, an effort to turn over Ohio’s redistricting process to a citizens commission, attention now turns to what elected leaders are going to do to fix a system that many in both parties have agreed is broken.....
Sidebar:
Brennan Center for Justice makes variety of suggestions.

Keep hope alive in Ohio

Process of drawing legislative and congressional maps may change

By  Jim Siegel The Columbus Dispatch Monday November 12, 2012 

"..... over and over again, opponents of the redistricting plan, be they Republicans or editorial-page writers, noted that their opposition was not based on the belief that the current system of drawing legislative and congressional districts is good.

In fact, most acknowledged that it remains badly in need of an overhaul." 

“It is an outdated process that is leading to a toxic political environment, because everybody is so partisan,” Husted said. .....

Slate.com

  It’s Appalling that Gerrymandering Is Legal 

And if the Supreme Court guts the Voting Rights Act, it’s going to get a lot worse.


"The maps are amazing: Ohio and Pennsylvania, states that went blue for Barack Obama, have congressional delegations that are heavily red. As David Weigel pointed out Wednesday, the maps show how gerrymandering saved the Republican majority in the House. ".........