Ohio Redistricting Commission’s Republicans ask Supreme Court to punt decisions on gerrymandered maps past 2022 elections

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Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission asked the state supreme court to issue a ruling on their newly drawn legislative districts by the middle of February – or potentially stay any decision until after the 2022 general election.

New Ohio House and Senate maps approved on Saturday, Jan. 22 by Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission.CLEVELAND, Ohio --

The districts must be finalized around Feb. 11 so county boards can begin programming their voter registration systems. The commission said there is precedent for letting maps stand while they are being challenged in court, as was the case in 2012. “The lack of collaboration doomed the Commission’s map,” she said. “Had improvements been allowed to the proposed maps, they could have satisfied this Court’s decision. But the Republican Commissioners voted for their map without a single amendment.”

 

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and I can only assume that the Ohio SC told them to fvkk off?

These Republicans could've drawn fair maps...but then they wouldn't be Republicans, would they?

Nope.

Ohio is overwhelmingly a Republican State. Deal with it.

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