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Politics tamfitronics Since retiring as chief justice of Ohio’s Supreme Court, Maureen O’Connor has become a prominent champion for reforming the process of how political districts are drawn in Ohio.That has pitted Ms. O’Connor, a Republican who previously served as lieutenant governor, against erstwhile GOP allies.Politics tamfitronics Why We Wrote ThisOne reason compromise has become so hard in politics is that many districts are no longer competitive – and therefore, candidates don’t have to win voters beyond their partisan base. Reforming how districts are drawn is an attempt to fix that. Republicans have fine-tuned the drawing of boundaries to maximize the number of districts where Democrats have virtually no chance of winning. That has enabled them to deliver veto-proof majorities in the legislature.So Ms. O’Connor has shaped a ballot proposal to instead empower an independent...