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![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
![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
![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
![House Minority Leader Allison Russo and Sen. Vernon Sykes stand outside of the locked committee room they hoped to discuss new maps in](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/russo-sykes-map-presser-pic-042922-e1650917660698-900x422.jpg)
Democrats fail to hold Ohio redistricting meeting without Republican support
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission attempted to hold a meeting in the Ohio Statehouse but failed to gain the required support of… Read More
![Protesters gather at State and High Streets in Columbus to show their opposition to Ohio's new voting maps plan.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img-2507-scaled-e1650567887754-900x422.jpg)
Groups fighting GOP-drawn legislative maps say federal court ruling rewards gerrymandering
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A voting rights advocacy group and a national Democratic organization is criticizing the federal court ruling that would allow Republicans to implement unconstitutional state… 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 Supreme Court rejects fourth set of state legislative district maps
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court is ordering the Ohio Redistricting Commission to meet and adopt a new set of state legislative district maps after ruling the… 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)
Youngstown voters plan to refile Voting Rights Act complaint in federal court
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMUBS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The motion to stop the certification of Ohio’s congressional primary results is expected to be refiled in another federal court. The motion would argue… Read More
![Gavel leaning against a row of law books](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/AdobeStock_110666651-e1518880023556-900x422.jpeg)
Federal panel in Ohio punts dispute over congressional map
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judicial panel has declined to grant an order temporarily blocking certification of 2022 U.S. House races that have gone forward in Ohio under a… Read More
![graphic of a gavel on a blue background](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/AP_988139653357-e1567534743990-900x422.jpg)
Federal judges to decide next steps in Ohio US House races
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judicial panel says it will decide by Tuesday whether to temporarily block the results of U.S. House races in Ohio that have gone forward… Read More
![The Ohio Redistricting Commission in a meeting.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img-6290-scaled-e1647984282522-900x422.jpg)
GOP leaders say they should not be held in contempt over 4th set of Ohio legislative maps
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s two most powerful legislators are telling the Ohio Supreme Court that they should not be held in contempt for leading the charge to push through… Read More
![A voting sign points into a polling location](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/voting_sign_-_credit_kasler-e1584631408482-900x422.jpg)
Uncertainty about primary dates over lack of constitutional maps is hurting poll worker recruitment
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is headed toward two primaries this year – the statewide and congressional offices on May 3, and the House and Senate candidates later…. Read More
![State Rep. Bob Cupp (R-Lima) was elected the Speaker of the Ohio House following the removal of Larry Householder.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bob_cupp-e1596144924942-900x422.jpg)
Federal judges considering Ohio redistricting lawsuit, but lawmakers have no plans to move primary
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Early voting starts next week for the May 3 primary, but right now it’s unknown when voters will decide Ohio House and Senate races…. 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)
Time is ticking for the Ohio Redistricting Commission as it decides whether to pass new legislative
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Today is the deadline for the Ohio Redistricting Commission to pass a fourth set of legislative maps to satisfy the Ohio Supreme Court. Ohio… 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
![Voters cast their ballot early at the Franklin County Board of Elections last November.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/more_voters_last_wknd_early_voting_franklin_county_nov_2018_-_credit_kasler_cropped-e1567606859648-900x422.jpg)
Ohio’s new congressional district map faces another court challenge
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A national Democratic group has filed objections over new the new congressional district map, as the state’s top elections official says the May 3… Read More
![Ohio's redistricting committee](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/img-2623-e1636395731255-900x422.jpg)
Ohio’s redistricting commission adopts state congressional district map over objections by Democrats
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After seeing a flurry of proposed maps and changes to those maps, the Ohio Redistricting Commission adopted a Republican-drawn congressional district plan. The commission… Read More
![The seven-member Ohio Redistricting Commission is made up of five Republicans - co-chair Speaker Bob Cupp, Gov. Mike DeWine, Auditor Keith Faber, Secretary of State Frank LaRose and Senate President Matt Huffman. There are two Democrats on the commission: co-chair Sen. Vernon Sykes (D-Akron) and House Minority Leader Emiilia Sykes (D-Akron).](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/img-2114-scaled-e1632497436427-900x422.jpg)
Republican mapmakers reveal their latest attempt at congressional district lines
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican-drawn district map is the first attempt by the Ohio Redistricting Commission at passing a congressional district plan after the supreme court struck… Read More
![Sharyn Rigsbee demonstrates special voting machine.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sharyn_rigsbee_voting_machine_demo__credit_jo_ingles_-e1540418896599-900x422.jpg)
Even though new maps aren’t approved, counties ordered to add legislative offices to primary ballots
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — While the House and Senate maps approved by the Ohio Redistricting Commission last week are still awaiting a review by the state supreme court, Ohio’s… 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 Supreme Court orders elected officials on redistricting commission to hearing on contempt
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMUBS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The five Republicans and two Democrats on the Ohio Redistricting Commission have been ordered to appear before the Ohio Supreme Court for a hearing… Read More
![The seven-member Ohio Redistricting Commission is made up of five Republicans - co-chair Speaker Bob Cupp, Gov. Mike DeWine, Auditor Keith Faber, Secretary of State Frank LaRose and Senate President Matt Huffman. There are two Democrats on the commission: co-chair Sen. Vernon Sykes (D-Akron) and House Minority Leader Emiilia Sykes (D-Akron).](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/img-2114-scaled-e1632497436427-900x422.jpg)
Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission revive talks on new state legislative maps
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Just days after allowing a court-ordered deadline to expire and facing possible contempt of court, Republican members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission are expressing… Read More
![State Rep. Bob Cupp (R-Lima) was elected the Speaker of the Ohio House following the removal of Larry Householder.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bob_cupp-e1596144924942-900x422.jpg)
Commissioners are left waiting for Ohio House Speaker to call next redistricting meeting
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s up to House Speaker Bob Cupp (R-Lima) to call for a new Ohio Redistricting Commission meeting but at this point no one knows… 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)
Democrats urge GOP redistricting officials to meet and approve constitutional maps
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Redistricting Commission has less than a week to meet a court-ordered deadline to draw new state House and Senate district maps. House… Read More