Opponents of Ohio’s Issue 1 redistricting reform claim it would be bad for communities of color. Supporters of the proposal to replace politicians with a citizens commission point to the ways the current maps crack and pack Black voters.

Do you have questions about Ohio Issue 1? The USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau examined a few common questions about the proposed constitutional amendment that would replace Ohio's current way of drawing congressional and state legislative districts.

Issue 1, appearing before voters on the November ballot, seeks to reform redistricting by taking power to draw maps away from politicians giving it instead to a citizen commission, as 20 other states have done.

Meanwhile, opponents say the question was already answered when voters overwhelmingly approved anti-gerrymandering rules in 2015 and 2018. For the average Ohioan, gerrymandering can sound more like a rare amphibian than a political process that influences everything from taxes and school policy to abortion access and gun control.

Writer says approval of Issue 1 will let Ohio citizens help break up party strongholds and make elections fair.