Ohio Public Policy Council

[Mike Johnson @MikeJohnson]

President @realDonaldTrump has spoken out and we agree - Ohio voters should reject Issue 1 and this left-wing power grab. We will continue to fight for election integrity and election security from coast to coast.

[Ohio Public Policy Council @OhioPolicy]

Sounds like Issue 1 clearly requires political gerrymandering.

[Ohio Public Policy Council @OhioPolicy]

According to Oxford Languages, “gerrymandering” is “achiev[ing] (a result) by manipulating the boundaries of an electoral constituency.”

Issue 1 requires a citizen redistricting commission to draw districts so Reps and Dems each get a certain number of districts in their favor.

[Ohio Public Policy Council @OhioPolicy]

How much is amending Ohio’s constitution worth to a 501(c)(4) dark money group based out of Arlington, VA that goes by the name of “Article IV”?

$3,500,000

[Ohio Public Policy Council @OhioPolicy]

So how much do you think it takes to try and buy an amendment to the Ohio Constitution?

All this week, we will document how much money out of state special interest groups have donated, so far, to State Issue 1, which is on the Ohio ballot on November 5, 2024.

[Ohio Public Policy Council @OhioPolicy]

Tonight, we start with the biggest funder of them all….

The Sixteen Thirty Fund -
a Washington DC 501(c)(4) dark money entity funded by super billionaire & foreign national extraordinaire Hansjorg Wyss - has contributed $6,5000,000 to buy a provision in Ohio’s Constitution.

[Ohio Public Policy Council @OhioPolicy]

So how exactly is anything inaccurate there?

[Natalie Fahmy @NatalieFahmy]

The Ohio Ballot Board is meeting this AM to assign language for the redistricting amendment that will be on ballots this fall.

The SoS office is hanging out citations to explain where they pulled wording for each part of their language proposal (which will likely be adopted).

[Ohio Public Policy Council @OhioPolicy]

So limit doesnt mean limit?

Not one of Don McTigue’s finer moments at Ballot Board…

https://t.co/NMuR8Fd3aE

[Ohio Public Policy Council @OhioPolicy]

@GovMikeDeWine explained this week how the “Citizens Not Politicians” ballot proposal mandates gerrymandering in Ohio’s Constitution. Hard to disagree with him when you see this. The return of the infamous “snake on the lake”. How is this all of a sudden a good thing for Ohio?

[Ohio Public Policy Council @OhioPolicy]

In Virginia when it was time for its newly created “independent commission” to draw districts a couple years ago, did they draw “fair” maps?

No. Things got so partisan that they literally threw their hands up in the air, quit, and let judges draw maps. https://t.co/i8cHcMkT2Z

[Ohio Public Policy Council @OhioPolicy]

@TomChansky Maybe because he believed in the rule of law?

[Ohio Public Policy Council @OhioPolicy]

Why would an entity called the Sixteen Thirty Fund that is based out of Washington DC donate over $6,500,000 to change Ohio’s constitution?

https://t.co/75fsBoUuQd

[Ohio Public Policy Council @OhioPolicy]

Why would a billionaire couple from Texas donate $3,500,000 to change Ohio’s Constitution?

Ohio redistricting amendment campaign raises, spends $25 million for November election. Who paid for it? https://t.co/75fsBoUuQd

[Ohio Public Policy Council @OhioPolicy]

Of the $26,147,340.28 that they have raised to date, $21,350,000 has come from out of state, liberal special interest groups.

https://t.co/75fsBoUuQd

[Ohio Public Policy Council @OhioPolicy]

Of the $23,033,930.78 that they raised in a mere 6 months, $19,250,000 came from 13 out of state, liberal special interest groups.

https://t.co/75fsBoUuQd