Ohio Supreme Court's GOP Chief Justice Challenges Party With Appeal To Voters On Redistricting

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The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down new legislative maps from the state’s Republican-dominated redistricting commission, saying that the maps for state House and Senate favored the GOP to such an extent that they violated the state’s constitution.

The court ordered the commission to come up with a new, fairer maps within 10 days.

But perhaps just as noteworthy, the court’s Republican chief justice — who concurred with Democrats to make a majority — urged Ohio voters to consider a different redistricting model altogether, given that the redistricting commission was “seemingly unwilling to put aside partisan concerns.”

In her opinion concurring with the court’s majority, Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor said she was writing separately “because readers should understand they have the power to again amend the Ohio Constitution to ensure that partisan politics is removed from the drawing of Ohio Senate and House districts that takes place every ten years.”

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1. The Repubs

could have submitted a map and retained their majority.

But NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

They spit in the face of a LARGE majority of Ohioans who voted to cleanup the gerrymandering, and submitted an extreme map to retain their super-majorities.