In his thought-provoking guest column, published in The Plain Dealer on February 4, 2024, Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Cleveland State University College of Law, Steven H. Steinglass, explores a broad coalition of Ohioans working to “Slay the Gerrymander” by placing a proposed constitutional amendment to bar partisan gerrymandering on the Nov. 5, 2024, ballot. Steinglass notes the continued influence of gerrymandering in recent elections and emphasizes the upcoming opportunity for Ohioans to vote on the “Citizens Not Politicians” amendment in November 2024. The proposed amendment aims to eliminate partisan gerrymandering by removing politicians from the redistricting process
To read more on this topic, check out the full column here: https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2024/02/what-is-the-gerrymander-and-will-it-be-slain-steven-h-steinglass.html
CSU Law Faculty 
Dear Steve: An excellent article. I hope the initiative is successful. The criteria in Massachusetts for drawing district lines, in addition to contiguousness and compactness, also include not splitting small communities, wards, if possible, and not precincts (the smallest building blocks) and also not “packing” or “cracking” minorities as per (whatever is left of) Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (after the 8th Circuit Arkansas case). We don’t have a state commission to draw lines but the Legislature (that gave the country the term, “gerrymander”) so that results in a full-employment policy for civil rights lawyers. Good luck, Alan