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Arnold Schwarzenegger headlines a rally for an Ohio redistricting ballot initiative
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
2023 Year in Review: Ohio lawmakers get new district maps again, and more change could be coming
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’s Supreme Court votes along party lines to uphold maps giving supermajorities to GOP
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
Signature-gathering starts anew for the mapmaking proposal in Ohio that was stalled by a typo
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
Redistricting proposal backers say Ohio lawmakers’ reaction to Issue 1 shows need for change
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
A typo has delayed signature gathering for the group backing Ohio’s citizens redistricting panel
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 effort to replace Ohio’s political-mapmaking system with a citizen-led panel can gather signatures
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
Another round of Ohio Statehouse maps has been challenged in court, despite bipartisan support
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
Third time is the charm for backers of a proposed Ohio amendment to change legislative redistricting
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
Why did Democrats on the Ohio Redistricting Commission vote for maps they said were unfair?
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
Ohio’s Redistricting Commission unanimously adopts new House and Senate maps in a late night meeting
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
Ohio Redistricting Commission may add another hearing for comment on legislative maps
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
The Ohio Redistricting Commission adopts GOP-drawn working maps for House and Senate districts
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
Ohio’s attorney general rejects language for the political mapmaking reform amendment a second time
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
GOP infighting has brought the Ohio Redistricting Commission to a standstill
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
Unconstitutional congressional map from last year will be used in Ohio next year too
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
Voting rights groups ask to dismiss their lawsuit challenging gerrymandered Ohio congressional map
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
Ohio’s attorney general rejects language for an amendment aimed at reforming troubled political mapmaking
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
An amendment to create a citizens panel to draw Ohio’s Statehouse and Congressional maps has been filed
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
The Supreme Court directs Ohio’s top court to take another look at a redistricting lawsuit
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
Is drawing a voting map that helps a political party illegal? Only in some states
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 Republicans build on supermajority with unconstitutional state legislative district maps
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
Ohio GOP legislative leaders claim state courts cannot rule on regulation of congressional elections
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
Ohio Republicans take their fight over congressional district map to the U.S. Supreme Court
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
Ohio’s chief justice says a new redistricting amendment is needed
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The retiring chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court has called for a new constitutional amendment to address political gerrymandering. Republican Maureen O’Connor is leaving the… Read More
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