Democratic redistricting petition

Ohio’s delegation to the U.S. House will shrink from 18 to 16 in 2012, because the state’s population growth has lagged that of other states. Ohio’s new congressional map, passed mainly by Republicans and signed by Republican Gov. John Kasich, creates 12 districts favoring Republicans and four favoring Democrats. To counter this, the State Democratic Party has drawn a map of its own that it hopes to get on the ballot in November, 2012 to repeal the Republican version. To do that, they will have to get 231,150 signatures from registered voters on a petition by December 25, 2011. If Democrats don’t get enough valid signatures for the referendum, the Republican version of the map will go into effect on Christmas Day.

The petition is being circulated in the village by Anita Kohler. She can be reached at 767-4961.