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![A man in a hat holds a large teal sign reading "SIGN HERE TO BAN GERRYMANDERING."](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/snbsign-1-e1720810695200-900x422.png)
How a redistricting amendment might affect candidates on Ohio’s fall ballot
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Redistricting reform supporters are waiting to see if they make the Nov. 5 ballot – though it seems likely, since they submitted 300,000 more… Read More
![Voter rights advocates scrutinize the Congressional district map proposed by Republican lawmakers.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/download-e1637164689428-900x422.jpeg)
Arnold Schwarzenegger headlines a rally for an Ohio redistricting ballot initiative
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As the Arnold Sports Festival wound down in Columbus on Sunday evening, Arnold Schwarzenegger headlined a “Terminate Gerrymandering” campaign event for a standing-room only… Read More
![A picture of the statehouse with a year in review 2023 graphic in front](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/download-5-e1704211572462-900x422.webp)
2023 Year in Review: Ohio lawmakers get new district maps again, and more change could be coming
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gerrymandering was once again a watch word in Ohio politics this year, as lawmakers had to draw new maps to replace the ones used because… Read More
![Ohio State Supreme Court building](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/another_shot_of_ohio_supreme_court_gavel__credit_dan_konik_-e1566946449440-900x422.jpg)
Ohio’s Supreme Court votes along party lines to uphold maps giving supermajorities to GOP
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — New House and Senate district maps approved unanimously by the Ohio Redistricting Commission will stand, after a late afternoon decision by the Ohio Supreme Court…. Read More
![Members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission are shown a new set of proposed Statehouse maps during a mapmaking meeting](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP23324763391878-e1700533368284-900x422.jpg)
Signature-gathering starts anew for the mapmaking proposal in Ohio that was stalled by a typo
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a proposal to change Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system will finally be able to start gathering signatures, after clearing a second round of state… Read More
![Supporters of Issue 1, an amendment to guarantee abortion and reproductive rights in Ohio's constitution, cheer as the race is called.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/download-6-e1699913116596-900x422.webp)
Redistricting proposal backers say Ohio lawmakers’ reaction to Issue 1 shows need for change
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Supporters of a proposal to change the way the state does redistricting point out that since Ohio voters approved an amendment to enshrine abortion… Read More
![Members of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight Committee hear testimony on a new map of state congressional districts.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AP23278796175736-e1696559399874-900x422.jpg)
A typo has delayed signature gathering for the group backing Ohio’s citizens redistricting panel
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s back to the drawing board again for the group trying to change the redistricting process of drawing congressional and state legislative district maps through… Read More
![The Ohio Redistricting Commission in a meeting.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img-6290-scaled-e1647984282522-900x422.jpg)
The effort to replace Ohio’s political-mapmaking system with a citizen-led panel can gather signatures
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a proposal to reform Ohio’s troubled political-mapmaking system got the go-ahead Thursday to begin signature-gathering. The Ohio Ballot Board cleared the way when it agreed… Read More
![Members of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight Committee hear testimony on a new map of state congressional districts.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AP23278796175736-e1696559399874-900x422.jpg)
Another round of Ohio Statehouse maps has been challenged in court, despite bipartisan support
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Advocacy groups fighting Ohio’s Statehouse maps in court formally objected Thursday to the latest round of Statehouse districts, which they see as once again unfairly drawn… Read More
![A father and child in a stroller attend a protest over redistricting at the Ohio Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-9-e1696345605385-900x422.webp)
Third time is the charm for backers of a proposed Ohio amendment to change legislative redistricting
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment to remove politicians from Ohio‘s legislative redistricting process are one step closer to putting the issue on the… Read More
![Ohio Redistricting Commission holds meeting in Columbus. The members sit in the front of the room at a long table with assistants behind them.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/download-3-1-e1695316194771-900x422.webp)
Why did Democrats on the Ohio Redistricting Commission vote for maps they said were unfair?
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Redistricting Commission unanimously approved new state legislative district maps late Tuesday night. The two Democrats on the panel railed against the map-drawing… Read More
![The new state house and senate maps approved by the Redistricting Commission](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/download-7-e1695849263535-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s Redistricting Commission unanimously adopts new House and Senate maps in a late night meeting
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Redistricting Commission unanimously approved new legislative maps late Tuesday night. It was after 10 p.m. when the seven members of the commission… Read More
![Carolyn Loxley, a woman with long, wavy gray hair, testifies to the Ohio Redistricting Commission](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/download-4-1-e1695416462375-900x422.webp)
Ohio Redistricting Commission may add another hearing for comment on legislative maps
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Only a handful of Ohioans showed up at the first public hearing on legislative working maps being considered by the Ohio Redistricting Commission. But… Read More
![Ohio Redistricting Commission holds meeting in Columbus. The members sit in the front of the room at a long table with assistants behind them.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/download-3-1-e1695316194771-900x422.webp)
The Ohio Redistricting Commission adopts GOP-drawn working maps for House and Senate districts
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After delaying meetings for a week while Republicans fought over leadership of the Ohio Redistricting Commission, the panel met and adopted working maps that favored majority Republicans…. Read More
![Voter rights advocates scrutinize the Congressional district map proposed by Republican lawmakers.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/download-e1637164689428-900x422.jpeg)
Ohio’s attorney general rejects language for the political mapmaking reform amendment a second time
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office again rejected petition language Thursday for a constitutional amendment aimed at remaking the state’s troubled system for political mapmaking, frustrating the… Read More
![Sen. Rob McColley (R-Napoleon) presents a new Congressional district map, drawn by the Senate Republican Caucus.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/redistricting-cropped-e1636042815537-900x422.jpg)
GOP infighting has brought the Ohio Redistricting Commission to a standstill
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s latest attempt to draw fair political maps crumbled amid Republican infighting Wednesday, begging the question of whether the Ohio Redistricting Commission unable even to appoint its… Read More
![Voter rights advocates scrutinize the Congressional district map proposed by Republican lawmakers.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/download-e1637164689428-900x422.jpeg)
Unconstitutional congressional map from last year will be used in Ohio next year too
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The 15-member congressional map that was used last year will be used again next year, even though it was ruled unconstitutionally gerrymandered. That’s after… Read More
![Sen. Rob McColley (R-Napoleon) presents a new Congressional district map, drawn by the Senate Republican Caucus.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/redistricting-cropped-e1636042815537-900x422.jpg)
Voting rights groups ask to dismiss their lawsuit challenging gerrymandered Ohio congressional map
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voting-rights groups moved to dismiss their lawsuit against Ohio’s unconstitutional congressional map on Tuesday, arguing that prolonging the legal wrangling over where to draw district boundaries isn’t… Read More
![Commissioners hand out different maps to be submitted during a Ohio Redistricting Commission meeting on March 2, 2022.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img-5998-scaled-e1649881525920-900x422.jpg)
Ohio’s attorney general rejects language for an amendment aimed at reforming troubled political mapmaking
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office rejected petition language Wednesday for a constitutional amendment aimed at remaking the state’s troubled system for drawing political maps, determining that… Read More
![Voter rights advocates scrutinize the Congressional district map proposed by Republican lawmakers.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/download-e1637164689428-900x422.jpeg)
An amendment to create a citizens panel to draw Ohio’s Statehouse and Congressional maps has been filed
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An amendment to create a 15-member citizen-appointed panel to draw state legislative and Congressional maps and remove that power from the Republican-dominated Ohio Redistricting… Read More
![Two maps at a redistricting hearing](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ohio-redistricting-commission-first-draft-maps-andy-chow-090921-e1642025450406-900x422.jpg)
The Supreme Court directs Ohio’s top court to take another look at a redistricting lawsuit
By: David A. Lieb | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court will take yet another look at the legality of the state’s congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday set aside a… Read More
![Demonstrators opposed to partisan gerrymandering hold up representations of congressional districts from North Carolina (left) and Maryland (right) outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ap19085648612327_custom-e4c50b89300bd05f735c34f03b8b27e987ad0cae-scaled-e1684356974817-900x422.jpg)
Is drawing a voting map that helps a political party illegal? Only in some states
By: Hansi Lo Wang | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — A recent unusual ruling by North Carolina’s highest court has put a spotlight on the patchwork of state laws and court decisions that determine where maps of… Read More
![Ohio House and Ohio Senate district maps adopted by the Ohio Redistricting Commission by a vote of 4-3 on February 24, 2022](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/february-24-gop-state-legislative-maps-1-scaled-e1654008228801-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Republicans build on supermajority with unconstitutional state legislative district maps
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There’s a new chapter in Ohio’s redistricting saga after Republicans picked up even more seats in the Ohio House and Ohio Senate using district… Read More
![Commissioners hand out different maps to be submitted during a Ohio Redistricting Commission meeting on March 2, 2022.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img-5998-scaled-e1649881525920-900x422.jpg)
Ohio GOP legislative leaders claim state courts cannot rule on regulation of congressional elections
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican leaders in the Ohio Legislature are invoking what has been considered a fringe doctrine — known as the independent state legislature theory —… Read More
![Voter rights advocates scrutinize the Congressional district map proposed by Republican lawmakers.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/download-e1637164689428-900x422.jpeg)
Ohio Republicans take their fight over congressional district map to the U.S. Supreme Court
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican leaders in the Ohio House and Ohio Senate have filed an appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Ohio Supreme Court’s… Read More
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