Statement·other·said 2024-07-31
“If this amendment were to be adopted, Ohio would actually end up with a system that mandates — that compels — map drawers to produce gerrymandered districts.”
Proof of utterancewhere they said it
Verdict — pending
Unratedby Washington Post
Reasoning
DeWine's critique of the Citizens Not Politicians amendment was widely covered but, beyond rebuttal from amendment supporters, no major independent fact-checker issued a formal verdict on the "mandates gerrymandering" framing.