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The Ohio Redistricting Commission is asking the state supreme court to rule on a legislative plan previously deemed unconstitutional only after it has been used for the 2022 general election.
A three-judge panel of that court have said they will order that the very same map re-adopted by the commission on May 5 be pushed through as the map for the 2022 general election.
The most powerful politicians in Ohio are apparently willing to risk being held in contempt of court if it means they can pass state legislative maps gerrymandered in their own favor.
The four Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission who voted for the latest round of House and Senate district maps are making their argument for why the plan is constitutional.
The four Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission who voted for the latest round of House and Senate district maps are making their argument for why the plan is constitutional.