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Majority Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission reject maps drawn by Democrats and choose to go with their own working maps at next week's public hearings.
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Republican infighting over leadership of the Ohio Redistricting Commission has caused its meetings to be delayed for a week but a deal appears to have been reached.
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The Republican former chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court — who joined the court's three Democrats last year in ruling all the maps approved by the Republican-dominated Ohio Redistricting Commission were unconstitutionally gerrymandered — has joined an effort to come up with a new process to draw legislative and congressional maps.
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The proposal, championed by two former Ohio Supreme Court justices, would create a 15-member commission that could not include politicians, lobbyists or other partisans to draw district maps for Ohio's Congressional districts and the state's House and Senate.
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Six Democrats filed a court challenge after a directive from the secretary of state’s office directed local boards of elections to deny their candidacy petitions.
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Groups that help inform voters on candidates, issues, and the electoral process say many voters have questions about the upcoming August primary.
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The Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed a case filed by a Democratic lawmaker related to the August 2 primary, due to the parties reaching an agreement outside the court.
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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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The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled the latest set of state House and Senate district maps – submitted by the Ohio Redistricting Commission – is unconstitutional.