Legislative leaders sending Congressional mapmaking back to Ohio Redistricting Commission

[brooklynite]

Source: Statehouse News Bureau

Republican leaders in the House and Senate are punting the mapmaking process to draw new Congressional districts back to the Ohio Redistricting Commission.

Legislative leaders say the Redistricting Commission will take over because a Congressional map from that panel can go into effect immediately.

The deadline set by the Ohio Supreme Court for state lawmakers to draw a new map was Sunday.

The House and Senate would have to pass a bill through an emergency clause, requiring Democratic support.

Read more: https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2022

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I'll take a fair map in Ohio over a redrawn map in Alabama.

[L. Coyote]

1. Fast approaching deadline.

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[Diamond_Dog]

2. And if Ohio's Supreme Court rejects the new map AGAIN

Will Ohio’s GOP take it to the SCOTUS? Assuming they’ll make the same decision as they did for Alabama?

[brooklynite]

3. Read the article. The Republicans are NOT drawing the map.

[L. Coyote]

4. That could force the legislature to move the primary election back.

The commission has a 5-2 Republican majority.

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/02/07/ohio-supreme-court-rejects-statehouse-map-redistricting-commission-primary/9253196002/

....... After two rounds of mapmaking, the seven-member Ohio Redistricting Commission has proved incapable of working together to craft maps that pass constitutional muster. Will the third time be the charm?

“It’s time for the Ohio Redistricting Commission to finally do their job: make maps that serve the people of Ohio rather than their own short sighted political interests," said Jen Miller of the League of Women Voters of Ohio, one of the plaintiffs in the case.

Ohio redistricting: Groups that sued over rejected maps say new versions still violate Constitution

Meanwhile, Ohio lawmakers and legislative candidates have been left to wonder when they'll know which residents they are running to represent. The uncertainty led legislators to tweak procedural election deadlines at the end of January but more wholesale changes might be needed going forward.

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[oldsoftie]

5. If they draw Jim Jordan out I'm fine with their map!