Ohio Redistricting Commission resubmits maps already rejected as illegal by supreme court

[brooklynite]

Source: Ohio Capital Journal

The Ohio Redistricting Commission Thursday voted to resubmit maps to the Ohio Supreme Court that the court has already rejected as illegal and unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering.

The commission passed its third map again, 4-3 along party lines, with the exception of Republican Auditor Keith Faber, who said he voted no for the same reasons he voted against the map originally, claiming favoritism for Democrats.

Republicans voting for the maps were Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, Secretary of State Frank LaRose, state Sen. Rob McColley and state Rep. Jeff LaRe (sitting in for Senate President Matt Huffman and House Speaker Bob Cupp respectively).

With a U.S. District Court promising to order the third set of maps to be put in place for the 2022 election, the commissioners saw fit to push those maps back into play, despite not one but two rejections by the state’s highest court.

Read more: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/05/05/ohio-redistricting-commission-passes-maps-already-rejected-as-illegal-by-supreme-court/

[LiberalFighter]

1. Those voting to submit the same maps should be fined $10,000 per day.

[Rebl2]

5. Great idea

[True Blue American]

7. Agree and above all

Vote every one of them out and take two faced Vance with them!

[patphil]

2. Can these guys be held in contempt?

If so, a stiff fine, and perhaps a little jail time is appropriate.

[cstanleytech]

3. The Republicans are hoping to run down the clock and get another court to order that the

Republican submitted maps be used for the election.

[dalton99a]

8. Precisely.

[JohnnyRingo]

4. At one point the repubs said they were unable to draw a fair map

They just couldn't bring themselves to do it, so they went to a private room without the dems and kept drawing maps they knew would fail.

Actually, they hoped the one republican hold out judge would change her mind and join the other repub judges on the Ohio Supreme Court and vote to accept the unfair maps. Now they're just recycling the ones they already submitted.

They threatened to impeach her for "not doing her job", presumably as a republican.

[True Blue American]

6. The Court said LaRose was not

Convincing in his argument they did not have time because he created the situation.

Email from Nan Whaley. Mike DeWine entered politics in 1974! At that time one paycheck could support a family. Ohio workers received the highest pay in the nation. Now we are at the borrow.

It is time for the whole corrupt party to be voted out!

Biden visited a Small Hamilton 3 D printing company in Hamilton yesterday with Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman by his side. Rob said he did not always agree with the President but he absolutely agreed we need this Innovative bill. Rob and Sherrod are on the committee!