Former Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor said Wednesday that proposed changes to the redistricting process are coming.
O'Connor said a proposed constitutional amendment to change redistricting rules is a matter of when, not if.Former Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor has set her sights on redistricting reform in 2024.stepping down from the bench
During the panel with former Justice Yvette McGee Brown, O'Connor said a proposed constitutional amendment to change redistricting rules is a matter of when, not if. Ohio voters approved redistricting reforms in 2015 and 2018, but the latest mapmaking process was heavily politicized and riddled with lawsuits. O'Connor, a Republican, sided with the court's Democratic justices in multiple rulings that declared congressional and legislative maps unconstitutional. The seven-member Ohio Redistricting Commission ignored the court's orders to redraw the maps.
O'Connor said it's too soon to say what proposal will be put forward, but she's advocated multiple times for an independent commission. She said any new amendment will take time to craft so it's comprehensive and free from loopholes."There would be no elected officials on the redistricting commission in an ideal format," O'Connor said."Other states have done it and have done it successfully.
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