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Ohio Supreme Court rejects statehouse maps, ending hopes of full May primary
Source: Columbus Dispatch
The Ohio Supreme Court struck down the third set of state House and Senate maps late Wednesday, effectively ending any hope of a May 3rd primary with both legislative and statewide races.
The decision marks the third time the Ohio Supreme Court has rejected legislative maps drawn by the Ohio Redistricting Commission. Once again, Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, a Republican, was the deciding vote in a 4-3 decision.
By invalidating the maps, the court effectively ends any chance that Ohio will hold a primary for all statewide, legislative, congressional and local races on May 3. Election officials had been working to send ballots with the now-rejected statehouse districts to voters in the military and overseas as soon as Friday.
Now, Ohio lawmakers will be tasked with either splitting or delaying primary elections a costly decision Republicans who control the Legislature had hoped to avoid.
The decision marks the third time the Ohio Supreme Court has rejected legislative maps drawn by the Ohio Redistricting Commission. Once again, Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, a Republican, was the deciding vote in a 4-3 decision.
By invalidating the maps, the court effectively ends any chance that Ohio will hold a primary for all statewide, legislative, congressional and local races on May 3. Election officials had been working to send ballots with the now-rejected statehouse districts to voters in the military and overseas as soon as Friday.
Now, Ohio lawmakers will be tasked with either splitting or delaying primary elections a costly decision Republicans who control the Legislature had hoped to avoid.
Read more: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/03/16/supreme-court-rejects-ohio-legislative-maps-full-may-primary-unlikely/6973505001/
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Ohio Supreme Court rejects statehouse maps, ending hopes of full May primary (Original Post)
brooklynite
Mar 2022
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Fullduplexxx
(7,870 posts)1. some surprising good news
Diamond_Dog
(32,063 posts)2. Heh heh
What is the definition of insanity again?
JohnnyRingo
(18,641 posts)3. Republicans are so stubborn on this.
Thy kept drawing the same gerrymandered map that had been rejected. They said it was impossible to draw one that reflected historic voting patterns.
Ohio is about 55/45 republican to democrat. They kept coming up with maps that favored them 75/25. Even the districts that were democrat were by razor thin margins. Republican districts were theirs by 10 points or more.
If someone thinks republicans are good citizens they only have to lok at these tactics. We had two ballot issues that passed for fair districts. I guess they don't own the courts. Yet.