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Now that Ohio GOP legislative leaders are talking about going to the U.S. Supreme Court to get free rein on drawing legislative district maps, one thing has become clear — they are just going to ignore the will of Ohio voters in their pursuit of total power.
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There's no good reason that Ohio should be holding a state legislative primary on Aug. 2 using maps the Ohio Supreme Court has twice ruled to be unconstitutional. But that's the way the Ohio GOP wanted it.
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Earlier this week, the Ohio Supreme Court once again ruled that a congressional district map submitted by Republicans for the 2024 election is unconstitutional. But it may not matter if the GOP ignores the court's orders, as they've done before.
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The split among the justices was as it's been throughout the redistricting saga. The decision said the map "creates just three seats with Democratic vote shares over 52% (and one of those is at 52.15%). By contrast, all the Republican-leaning seats comfortably favor Republican candidates."
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The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to hear a redistricting case out of North Carolina where Republicans plan to invoke a little-known doctrine known as the independent state legislature theory — and it could have an impact on Ohio's redistricting saga.
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Running out the clock — that is exactly what the Republican majority on the Ohio Redistricting Commission is doing to its "opponent," the four-member majority of the seven-member Ohio Supreme Court.
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A federal court ordered the state to proceed with an August 2 primary using maps that were ruled unconstitutional in March. Now lawmakers are deciding how to pay the estimated $20 million cost of that vote.
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Saying "we chose the best of our bad options,” a panel of federal judges has ordered Ohio to implement a set of state legislative maps that were ruled unconstitutional by the Ohio Supreme Court.
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Democratic lawmakers, voting rights groups, and community organizations are looking at what options are available as the redistricting process enters a new phase.
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Since the commission resubmitted maps that were already rejected, it seems likely the Republican commissioners are relying on an impending federal court deadline to take over the process.