Following the City Council District 7 race in November 2025, The Columbus Dispatch nailed it in their “Our View” opinion piece: “The city’s voting district system paints a false picture of fairness and provides only a sliver of the council representation this diverse community’s residents crave and deserve. The system usurped the will of voters…

Nonprofit Vote points out the obvious: “If you want to rig a local election, there’s an easier way than stuffing a ballot box, gerrymandering a district, or amassing a campaign war chest to scare off challengers. Have your city or county adopt winner-take-all “At-Large” voting, where, instead of using districts, all or most council or…

Glen Tuomaala, writing in the Columbus Free Press on May 3, 2025:. Recently, I attended a town hall meeting with the three candidates running for District 7 Columbus City Council. The residents at the event live in District 7 and love Columbus. They love our city so much that they took their valuable time and…