Designed for compromise
Published: December 17, 2012 - 07:26 PM
Akron Beacon Journal
In the lame-duck session that ended last week, state senators gave welcome, near-unanimous approval to a simple, practical plan to reform the way Ohio redraws congressional and legislative districts. Although the Ohio House did not have time to act, the Senate set the stage for quick movement early next year.
The 32-1 vote showed bipartisan support for the work of a legislative task force that included Sens. Frank LaRose, a Copley Township Republican, and Tom Sawyer, an Akron Democrat. Instead of the approach taken by proponents of state Issue 2, an overly complicated measure that would have created a citizens commission, the task force wisely followed the work of Jon Husted, the secretary of state, when he was a member of Senate. Voters soundly defeated Issue 2 on the November ballot.
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