If Republican state senator Jon Husted is able to make this happen in Ohio, you can probably look for a couple of things to happen in the years ahead.  First, expect to see other states adopt these reforms – after all when both the Republican and Democrat state chairmen, for the most part, remained positive (the Ohio Democrat Chairman Chris Redfern couldn’t resist getting one little dig in – way to trip over the partisanship bar there Chris) – as a model of restoring trust and transparency to the political process.  Republicans and Democrats in across the country will be all over this if it shows promise in Ohio.  Second, and this will drive some folks in Ohio plumb nuts who aren’t big Husted fans, Jon Husted may very well be propelled into the top tier political leaders in Ohio…for starters.     From Dispatch Politics:

 State Sen. Jon A. Husted wants to eliminate or emasculate the statewide office he might run for next year.

The Kettering Republican said yesterday that he has begun crafting and seeking political support for a November ballot initiative that would remove the secretary of state’s oversight of elections and implement a new system for drawing legislative boundaries every 10 years.

Husted, beginning his first Senate term after serving four years as House speaker, confirmed that he is interested in running in 2010 for secretary of state, the office held by Democrat Jennifer Brunner.

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