The Ohio Redistricting Commission is holding its first meeting since the Ohio Supreme Court rejected Republicans' state legislative map plan on Wednesday as an illegal gerrymander - the third time the court has done so.
Members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission during a March 19, 2022 meeting. The members, seated in front row from left to right, are: Gov. Mike DeWine, Auditor Keith Faber, Senate President Matt Huffman, House Speaker Bob Cupp, Sen. Vernon Sykes, House Minority Leader Allison Russo and Secretary of State Frank LaRose. COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio officials on Saturday headed back to the drawing board -- for a fourth time -- on drawing new state legislative lines.
Even if the commission meets the March 28 deadline, it will be too late to ready ballots for early April, when early voting starts. That means the election either will have to be postponed or split into pieces -- unless state officials get a different court to intervene. “Whether this is feasible or not, I don’t think anybody knows yet. We are hopeful. I think everyone wants to try to make it work. Today was a good day, we made some real progress today, and we’ll see,” DeWine said.
The three judges chosen to hear the case are U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, and Judges Amul Thapar and Judge Benjamin Beaton, two appointees of former President Donald Trump.Congressional map challenges rejected on technicalitiesrejected two challenges to Republican-drawn congressional map plans
Dave Yost, Ohio’s Republican attorney general, wrote redistricting commission members on Friday to offer some advice on how they might be able to break the legal logjam.
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