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![Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor presides over a session of the Ohio Supreme Court on December 8, 2021.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/screen-shot-2022-05-06-at-1.42.1320PM-e1652107963375-900x422.png)
Ohio Supreme Court deliberating over resubmitted, rejected maps
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court is deliberating over maps that have already been reviewed and rejected by justices two months ago. On Thursday, the Ohio… 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
![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
![Outside the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley in Columbus.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img-6159-scaled-e1647295071396-900x422.jpg)
Federal court will pick invalidated legislative maps if Ohio officials cannot meet new deadline
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A panel of three federal judges has told the Ohio Redistricting Commission that they will implement new Ohio House and Ohio Senate district maps… Read More
![Early voters at the Athens County Board of Elections on Oct. 6, 2020](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Vote-e1602704912988-900x422.jpg)
Leaders of Ohio’s elections say the second primary should be held on August 2
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A coalition of elections officials from around Ohio are underlining their call for a second primary to happen August 2 — and no later…. 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
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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
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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
![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 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)
Ohio Republicans abandon independent mapmakers to pass slightly modified GOP maps
By: Susan Tebben | Ohio Capital Journal
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ohio Capital Journal) — In a 4-3 decision, Republican members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission voted Monday night to pass slightly changed versions of Statehouse district maps previously… Read More
![Ohio voting stickers](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/redesigned-i-voted-ohio-stickers-scaled-e1635906032703-900x422.jpg)
Campaigns weigh their strategy options if Ohio primary is delayed
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s primary election is scheduled for May 3, and it’s just six weeks away. But candidates still don’t know whether the contest will happen at that… 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
![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 prepares to meet in response to supreme court rejection
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Redistricting Commission is planning to convene for a rare weekend meeting to take the first steps in response to the supreme court’s… Read More
![Ohio voting stickers](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/redesigned-i-voted-ohio-stickers-scaled-e1635906032703-900x422.jpg)
LaRose says the May 3 ballot won’t include House, Senate races after Ohio Supreme Court ruling
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The secretary of state says, barring action from federal court, candidates for state legislative offices cannot be on the May primary ballot after the… Read More
![Four members of the Equal Districts Ohio group participate in a press conference at the state house](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img-3739-scaled-e1647368148287-900x422.jpg)
Ohio coalition emphasizes their fight for ‘fair districts’ as supreme court deliberates
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Equal Districts Ohio, a coalition of community groups, said the supreme court should invalidate the state House and state Senate maps adopted by the… Read More
![Outside the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley in Columbus.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/img-6159-scaled-e1647295071396-900x422.jpg)
Judge pauses federal lawsuit challenging Ohio’s redistricting process, for the moment
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The lawsuit asking the federal court to step in and implement state legislative district maps is on hold until the Ohio Supreme Court takes further… 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
![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