VIDEO: Chairman Redfern Announces Campaign to Stop HB 319

By Andrew Zucker on 11/1/2011 @ 2:30 PM

Today, Ohioans for Fair Districts launched a statewide petition effort to repeal House Bill 319, the Republicans’ unfair, gerrymandered congressional map that breaks apart communities of interest and makes Ohio elections uncompetitive.

Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern made the announced Tuesday morning, denouncing Republicans for foregoing “public input, compromise or bipartisanship.”

“The map was crafted behind closed doors for the sole purpose of protecting incumbent members of Congress,” Redfern said. “The map is unacceptable to me and it is unacceptable to virtually everyone Ohioan who has taken a look at it, except those in the General Assembly who forced it on the people of Ohio.”

Watch Redfern’s opening remarks at Tuesday’s press conference, announcing the campaign to defeat House Bill 319 (h/t Ohio Capital Blog):