Ohio Supreme Court rejects legislative maps for 5th time, but feds might use them anyway

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The Ohio Supreme Court struck down state House and Senate maps for the fifth time and ordered the redistricting commission to redraw them.

That’s not going to happen. Instead, a federal court is likely going to impose the rejected maps.

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Ohio Supreme Court rejects legislative maps for 5th time, but feds might use them anyway
The Ohio Supreme Court rejected state House and Senate maps for the fifth time, but a trio of federal judges might impose them anyway.
2:35 PM · May 25, 2022

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/05/25/ohio-redistricting-supreme-court-rejects-maps-but-feds-might-use-them/9701545002/

The Ohio Supreme Court once again rejected state House and Senate maps that favor Republicans, but a federal court is poised to impose them anyway.

The 4-3 decision released Wednesday afternoon stated that the fifth set of maps were unconstitutional and nearly identical to the third set, which the court previously rejected. The court ordered a new, sixth set be submitted by June 3.

But that order might not have any bearing on how the districts look for the November 2022 elections.

A trio of federal judges has made clear they will impose that third set of maps if the Ohio Redistricting Commission doesn't approve a better alternative by May 28.

The idea was to put an end to the tug of war between those drawing districts for the Ohio Legislature and the Ohio Supreme Court, which is tasked with interpreting anti-gerrymandering language in the state Constitution.

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