Arnold Schwarzenegger headlines rally for Ohio redistricting ballot initiative
As the Arnold Sports Festival wound down in Columbus on Sunday evening, its namesake headlined a “Terminate Gerrymandering” campaign event for a standing-room only crowd at the downtown Hilton.
“There's no mistake. They intentionally draw it to screw you, the citizens,” former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told cheering attendees Sunday. “There is only one way. Get the legislators and the lawmakers out of the redistricting business.”
Citizens Not Politicians organized the event. The statewide campaign is proposing a 15-member independent commission take over the political mapmaking process.
The film and bodybuilding icon has rallied behind the issue of redistricting reform before, including in Ohio in 2018. About one-third of states have independent redistricting commissions, including the state Schwarzenegger calls home, but he said it's going to take a fight to get the other two-thirds to change course.
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