"The ballot language does not mislead, deceive or defraud voters as to the substance of the amendment either, claimed Julie Pfeiffer, deputy attorney general, in court documents. Pfeiffer defended the summary language written by LaRose and his staff, saying paragraphs such as the one that states the amendment would eliminate the longstanding ability of Ohio citizens to hold their representatives accountable for establishing fair state legislative and congressional districts are statements that tell voters precisely what the Amendment would do."
"The Amendment would replace these accountable elected officials (on the Ohio Redistricting Commission) with a commission consisting entirely of appointed members, Pfeiffer argued to the court. And, indeed they would not be accountable to anyone other than themselves, because they could not be removed except by the commission itself."
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