The question of whether Ohio can require participation in a health care system - and essentially whether the state can opt out of the federal health care overhaul - will be put to voters this fall. Ohio is losing two congressional seats because of a drop in population in the last US Census. So that makes the process of redrawing the lines of congressional districts even more challenging. One group says the best way to remove politics from the drawing of state and federal district lines is to take the politicians out of it, and turn it over to citizens to actually draw the maps. Jim Slagle is the manager of the Ohio Campaign for Accountable Redistricting talks about the "Draw the Line" contest.

There are some new election-related laws that could affect the more than a million people who voted early last fall - the early voting period has been shortened, and the presidential primary next year has been moved to May. And there are other changes for poll workers. Critics say that the changes limit access to voting and will favor Republicans. But supporters say these reforms are necessary to guard against election fraud and will save money. Discussing the changes are Democratic former Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, now the co-chair of Fair Elections Ohio, a coalition of voting rights advocates, unions and progressive groups seeking to overturn some of those election reforms; Peg Rosenfield is with the non-partisan League of Women Voters; and Lake County Republican Party chair Dale Fellows, president of the Ohio Association of Elections officials.