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The court eventually rejected the legislature's maps seven times, [7] with Republican legislators threatening to impeach Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, who was the deciding vote on the maps. [8] [9] Following the age-limit retirement of O'Connor, a new Republican-majority Supreme Court ruled in favor of the legislature's maps.
The Ohio redistricting process is designed to encourage the legislature to pass a map with bipartisan support, but the majority party can pass maps that last for four years (as opposed to the normal ten years) without the support of the minority party. [12]
On January 14, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court declared the map a partisan gerrymander, violating Article XIX of the Constitution of Ohio, in a 4-3 decision. 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 ...
Ohio's Republican-drawn congressional map was rejected by the state's high court Friday, giving hope to national Democrats who had argued it unfairly delivered several potentially competitive ...
Ohio's 3rd congressional district is located entirely in Franklin County and includes most of the city of Columbus. The current district lines were drawn in 2022, following the redistricting based on the 2020 census .
In the proposal, one district which favored Republicans would be effectively eliminated, and the homes of six of the state's incumbents would be drawn into districts also containing the homes of other incumbents. [2] The map was passed by the Ohio House of Representatives on September 15 [3] and by the Ohio Senate on September 21.
Secretary of State Frank LaRose purged over 26,000 inactive voter registrations last month as part of a process to update Ohio's voter rolls.
Ohio law defines a structure for county government, although they may adopt charters for home rule. [1] [2] The minimum population requirement for incorporation is 1,600 for a village and 5,000 for a city. [3] Unless a county has adopted a charter, it has a structure that includes the following elected officers: