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![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
![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
![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
![The first-ever Ohio Redistricting Commission meeting in August 2021 featured Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima), Auditor Keith Faber, Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-Akron), Gov. Mike DeWine, Secretary of State Frank LaRose, House Speaker Bob Cupp (R-Lima) and Sen. Vernon Sykes (D-Akron).](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/download-1-2-e1693434362434-900x422.webp)
The Ohio Redistricting Commission will meet Sept. 13, but its deadline for legislative maps already looms
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The seven-member Ohio Redistricting Commission that will draw maps for Ohio’s state lawmakers hasn’t met this year, but is set to get together for… Read More
![The Ohio Redistricting Commission meets. The picture is taken from a high angle looking down on them](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ohio-redistricting-commission-finan-wide-cinematic-scaled-e1652452280935-900x422.jpg)
Republicans on Ohio Redistricting Commission ignore supreme court order for new maps by Monday
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republicans on the panel charged with drawing new House and Senate district maps said they will ignore an order from the Ohio Supreme Court to… 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)
Federal court intervenes in Ohio redistricting, orders state to implement unconstitutional district
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio has been ordered by a federal court to implement maps that were found unconstitutional by the Ohio Supreme Court and hold a primary… Read More
![The Ohio Redistricting Commission meets. The picture is taken from a high angle looking down on them](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ohio-redistricting-commission-finan-wide-cinematic-scaled-e1652452280935-900x422.jpg)
A timeline of Ohio’s redistricting saga
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio redistricting process that began in August 2021 to draw new state legislative district maps has seen many twists and turns that eventually… Read More
![A protestor holds a sign that reads Let all voices be heard](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img-2507-scaled-e1652195764903-900x422.jpg)
From constitutional reform to crisis, Ohio redistricting saga nears federal intervention
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A saga that began nine months ago to implement Ohio’s new redistricting process is now heading towards a federal court decision that could dash… Read More
![The new Ohio Redistricting Commission sits in a row in a committee meeting](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img-4237-e1651848926829-900x422.jpg)
Failing to adopt new maps, Ohio Redistricting Commission resubmits unconstitutional plan
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Redistricting Commission failed to meet a court-ordered deadline to adopt new state legislative district maps Thursday evening and instead opted to resubmit… Read More
![Advocates chant “fair maps now” in a House committee room after the Ohio Redistricting Commission adjourns without making plans for new state legislative district maps.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/map-protesters-in-hearing-room-pic-konik-040422-e1651761575932-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Redistricting Commission reconvenes with looming court-ordered deadline
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican and Democratic members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission disagreed over how to go about drawing a new set of House and Senate 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)
Senate president removes himself from Ohio Redistricting Commission as new maps deadline looms
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There will be a new member of the Ohio Redistricting Commission for Wednesday’s meeting, two days before a fifth attempt at legal House and… Read More
![The Ohio Redistricting Commission in a meeting at the statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img-3655-scaled-e1647636848447-900x422.jpg)
Redistricting commission will meet just days before deadline
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMUBS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Redistricting Commission is planning to hold its next meeting just two days before a deadline to turn in new state legislative district… Read More
![Auditor Keith Faber smiles behind a microphone at a presser](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/keith_faber_112119_open_records_rating_-_chow-scaled-e1651008753411-900x422.jpg)
Faber joins Democrats calling for Ohio Redistricting Commission to reconvene
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Auditor Keith Faber, a Republican, is joining the Democratic members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission in calling for the commission to reconvene as soon… Read More
![The Ohio Redistricting Commission in a meeting.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img-6290-scaled-e1647984282522-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Redistricting Commission is assembling the new team of mapmakers
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Redistricting Commission will include two mediators from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to help settle disputes as Republican… Read More
![The Ohio Redistricting Commission in a meeting at the statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img-3655-scaled-e1647636848447-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Redistricting Commission goes back to the drawing board after a third court rejection
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Redistricting Commission has approved the first stages of a plan to have Republican and Democratic mapmakers work together to draft the commission’s fourth… Read More
![Ohio House and Ohio Senate district maps, drawn by Republicans, approved by the Ohio Redistricting Commission by a vote of 4-3 on February 24, 2022.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/gop-house-and-senate-map-feb-24-scaled-e1647486172313-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Supreme Court rules the latest GOP-drawn state legislative district maps unconstitutional
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the latest four-year maps adopted by the Ohio Redistricting Commission do not comply with the state constitution’s… Read More
GOP redistricting commissioners file their rebuttal to challenge over Ohio congressional map
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission are laying out their arguments for why they supported or opposed the latest congressional district map. Republican redistricting… Read More
![Ohio Supreme Court Chambers](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/supreme_court_-scaled-e1638911066353-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Redistricting Commission members tell state Supreme Court why they shouldn’t be held in contempt
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court ordered the Commission to explain why they should not be held in contempt of court for not approving new House… Read More