Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor used her last annual judiciary speech to say the Buckeye State’s efforts to curb gerrymandering are not working and voters must once again amend the constitution to take politics completely out of the process.

“Now I’m not going to lose an election again, we know that for sure,” O’Connor joked. “And if I can stick out 105 more days I think I’ve got a new record for the state of Ohio.”

Though it is a shame to see her go, it is encouraging that she is using these last days on the job to say what so many Ohioans understand to be true.

Those tasked with drawing up constitutional voting district maps intentionally failed to do the job voters expected of them; and something has got to change.

O’Connor suggests in the future, the Ohio Redistricting Commission members should be “sensible people who are not driven by politics but rather by what’s fair.”

It is encouraging to know O’Connor plans to spend some time once she has left the state Supreme Court working toward getting just such an amendment for Ohio.

Sadly, it seems the very purpose of members of the commission was to make it harder to achieve what is best for Ohioans, instead doing what is best for a small but shamefully powerful group of politicians.

Still, there is hope enough people will take O’Connor’s words to heart that such obstacles can be overcome.

We certainly must try.