http://wyso.org en http://wyso.org/post/ohio-voters-reject-new-political-mapmaking-panel <p>Ohio voters have rejected a proposal to change the process for redrawing state legislative and congressional maps.</p><p>Issue 2 lost after a fight that pitted voter advocacy groups and unions against business interests and the Ohio Republican Party. Lawyers' groups split on the issue.</p><p>The constitutional amendment would have created a 12-member citizen commission to redraw Ohio's political districts every decade. It was prompted by discontent over the maps approved by the state Legislature in 2011.</p> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:17:58 +0000 Associated Press 24722 at http://wyso.org