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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.

"I'm more interested in solving the problems we have in the way we operate state government," Husted said. "It's not about me, and it's not about Jennifer Brunner. It's about creating a new system that's not about hyperpartisanship.