REDRAWING DISTRICTS--Rep. Joan Lawrence, R-Galena, gestures as she appears with League of Women Voters of Ohio president Anne Smead, during a news conference, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1998. The League announced a campaign to place a proposed constitutional amendment of the ballot that would remove political interests from Ohio's redistricting process.

COIN TOSS--William Habig of the Columbus Metropolitian Club tosses a coin in the air prior to the debate between secretary of state candidates Republican Ken Blackwell and Democrat Charleta Taveras, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1998.