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According to Gavel Grab, after cutting a deal with the National Rifle Association, Democratic House leaders witnessed a backlash over a bill to require greater disclosure by special interests of their funding for campaign advertising. As a result, Democrats…
Reform that would have created a bipartisan redistricting board for future legislative and congressional districts failed to pass The General Assembly, according to the Toledo Blade.GOP State Sen. Jon Husted said he plans to keep working on an agreement…
The Ohio House Democrats and Republicans voted 69-28 on Joint Resolution 15, a plan that could change the state’s redistricting process. The Senate passed its own redistricting plan last year.A proposed amendment…
The Federal Election Commission has allowed Congressional candidates unrestricted campaign funds to influence the redistricting process. A New York Times editorial blasts the FEC’s decision, arguing candidates shaping the map making…
In response to a United States Supreme Court decision Citizens United v FEC that struck down a decades-old federal law banning independent expenditures by corporations and unions on political campaigns, State Senator Jon Husted (R-Kettering) introduced
