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[2] [3] The proposed amendment would have set up a 15-member commission, appointed by retired judges, to draw the district maps for Ohio statehouse and U.S. Congressional elections. [4] The proposed amendment was supported by a bipartisan coalition, Citizens Not Politicians. [4]
Ohio lost the 16th district following the 2020 United States census. After the 2020 United States redistricting cycle commenced, the Ohio Redistricting Commission passed maps for the 2022-2032 decade. However, Democrats objected to the maps, and took the maps to court.
The Ohio General Assembly had 30 days to draw a new map, but declined to do so, passing the buck to the same 7-member political Ohio Redistricting Commission in charge of Ohio's contentious legislative redistricting. [11] On March 2, 2022, the Ohio Redistricting Commission adopted a second Congressional map along party lines.
The Ohio Redistricting Commission revives talks about legislative districts as the primary looms. Ohio Redistricting: Maps for legislative, congressional districts in limbo as primary looms Skip ...
The state legislative maps must be approved by 6 of 8 citizens and 6 of 8 legislators and 3 out of 4 legislators from the chamber whose maps is being drawn. The legislature must approve commission maps but cannot modify them. If the legislature rejects 2 maps or the commission fails to agree on a map the state supreme court draws the map. [26]
The commission would draw maps that "correspond closely to statewide partisan preferences of the voters of Ohio." Unlike redistricting proposals approved in 2015 and 2018, this requirement is ...
The administrative divisions of Ohio are counties, municipalities (cities and villages), townships, special districts, and school districts. Elections for county officials are held in even-numbered years, while elections for officials in the municipalities, townships, and local boards of education are held in odd-numbered years.
Two incumbent county commissioners will face new challengers for Stark County's highest office in the Nov. 5 general election. ... was appointed to council in 2017 and represented Ward 6.