John,

Perhaps no state better demonstrates the extreme unfairness of partisan gerrymandering than Ohio.

It wasn’t long ago that Ohio was considered the battleground state. President Obama won there in both 2008 and 2012 — but today, the state is represented in Congress by 10 Republicans and just five Democrats.

And now, state lawmakers have set their sights on Ohio to make the state even more gerrymandered with a redraw this fall — they could attempt to flip as many as three more seats.

This kind of system-rigging doesn’t happen overnight. It took years for extreme partisan interests to tip the scales in their favor, using every avenue and skirting laws and norms in the process. They’re in it for the long haul, and we must be too.

All On The Line will always fight for fair maps, no matter how difficult the path to victory. Sometimes this journey is two steps forward, one step back. But we know that the vast majority of Americans stand for fairness — and that’s why we need you with us.

Donate today to support All On The Line’s dogged efforts to fight until we have fair maps in all 50 states. Your donation will fund grassroots efforts to build power at the grassroots level and push back against anti-democracy power grabs.

Here’s a quick primer on how Ohio became a laboratory for partisan gerrymandering:

• November 2015: Ohio voters overwhelmingly pass a constitutional amendment to create the Ohio Redistricting Commission, which was intended to bring fairness into the process of creating electoral maps.

• September 2021: An entirely partisan Ohio Redistricting Commission proposes gerrymandered congressional and state legislative maps, which then get struck down by the Ohio Supreme Court.

• January 2022: Politicians pass a second set of gerrymandered state legislative maps, which get struck down by the courts again.

• February 2022: Undeterred, politicians pass a third set of state legislative maps. The courts strike them down and order Ohio to hire independent map drawers.

• March 2022: Politicians hire independent map drawers but ignore their work and plow ahead with their unconstitutional state legislative maps. Meanwhile, the politicians also passed another gerrymandered congressional map with only limited changes from the previous invalidated one.

• November 2022: Ohio elections officials use the unfair, unconstitutional maps in the midterm elections.

Because the congressional map in Ohio was passed on a purely partisan basis, it expires before the next election under a special state constitutional provision, and the Ohio Redistricting Commission must go back to work. That’s why some politicians today are dreaming that Ohio could be tipped 13-2 for Republicans in 2026.

It may seem like these extreme shifts in power happen overnight. But we know the truth: This has been a long game played by extreme partisan forces working behind the scenes and pulling every lever at their disposal.

Extremists think that they can get away with this illegal, unconstitutional gerrymandering. But that’s why All On The Line exists — to call out and fight back against these blatant attempts to seize unchecked power and silence the will of the voters.

You have the power to ensure we have the resources needed to match them every step of the way. Give now to build All On The Line as we mobilize supporters in Ohio and in these key fights for fairness across the nation.

Your support powers our movement — and we are so grateful.

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