In a Thursday decision, the court gave the Ohio Redistricting Commission until May 6 to draw a new plan.
Phillip Strach, a North Carolina lawyer representing Ohio's Republican legislative leaders, defends Ohio's state legislative maps in a Dec. 8, 2021 hearing before the Ohio Supreme Court. The court ended up rejecting the maps, and on Thursday, did so again for the third time. COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected a fourth set of state legislative maps, giving the Republican-controlled Ohio Redistricting Commission until May 6 to come with new ones.
In a 4-3 decision issued Thursday, in which Republican Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor once again joined the court’s three Democrats, the court ruled that Republicans on the commission violated Ohio’s new redistricting rules by drawing maps that benefitted them..
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