The group hoping to get a citizen-led redistricting commission inserted as an amendment to the Ohio Constitution was required to collect 413,487 signatures by July 3 in order to qualify for the Nov. 5 general election.
Not strictly Cincinnati but figured it merited a mention here.
For anyone unfamiliar with Ohio's gerrymandering woes, This American Life did a really good show on one of the most egregiously obstructed struggles to create a fair district map in Ohio.
The GOP members of the commission just kept shamelessly running down the clock, even on the most fairly divided maps. The judge overseeing the process gave them extensions multiple times. It's a pretty crazy and revealing story. It was depressing at the time, but really encouraging to see people didn't give up on the reform fight.