/tags/ohio-redistricting ohio redistricting en-US Copyright Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:30:51 GMT /2024-10-09/big-wheels-turning-as-ohio-voters-decide-who-will-take-the-drivers-seat-in-redistricting-process A bus tour by Republicans is part of the plan to convince early voters in Ohio to vote against Issue 1. Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:30:51 GMT /2024-10-09/big-wheels-turning-as-ohio-voters-decide-who-will-take-the-drivers-seat-in-redistricting-process Jo Ingles /2024-09-18/first-major-ad-dropped-in-campaign-for-redistricting-amendment-in-ohio The ad began airing Tuesday, just one day before the Ohio Ballot Board was set to meet to formalize controversial ballot summary language. Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:06:37 GMT /2024-09-18/first-major-ad-dropped-in-campaign-for-redistricting-amendment-in-ohio Jo Ingles /2024-08-12/ohio-redistricting-proposal-vs-iowa-plan-some-common-elements-but-also-big-differences Ohio voters will decide whether to change the map-drawing process this November - six years after the last time a redistricting amendment was on the ballot. Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:59:09 GMT /2024-08-12/ohio-redistricting-proposal-vs-iowa-plan-some-common-elements-but-also-big-differences Jo Ingles /2024-07-12/how-a-redistricting-amendment-might-affect-candidates-on-ohios-fall-ballot It appears likely an amendment to change how lawmakers' district lines are drawn in Ohio will make it on the November ballot. Fri, 12 Jul 2024 17:15:13 GMT /2024-07-12/how-a-redistricting-amendment-might-affect-candidates-on-ohios-fall-ballot Jo Ingles /politics-government/2023-10-12/effort-to-replace-ohios-political-mapmaking-system-with-a-citizen-led-panel-can-gather-signatures The campaign committee now has until July 3 of next year to collect the 413,487 valid signatures required to make the November 2024 ballot. Thu, 12 Oct 2023 18:23:03 GMT /politics-government/2023-10-12/effort-to-replace-ohios-political-mapmaking-system-with-a-citizen-led-panel-can-gather-signatures Associated Press /2023-09-27/why-did-democrats-on-the-ohio-redistricting-commission-vote-for-maps-they-said-were-unfair The two Democrats on the seven member Ohio Redistricting Commission voted for maps they said were unfair because they were a little better than previous proposals. But the Democrats say the only way to get truly fair maps is to make a change in the redistricting process. Wed, 27 Sep 2023 20:01:48 GMT /2023-09-27/why-did-democrats-on-the-ohio-redistricting-commission-vote-for-maps-they-said-were-unfair Jo Ingles /politics-government/2023-09-13/gop-legislative-leaders-co-chair-flap-has-brought-the-ohio-redistricting-commission-to-a-standstill Gov. Mike DeWine grudgingly gaveled the reconstituted Ohio Redistricting Commission to order. That was despite fellow Republicans Senate President Matt Huffman and House Speaker Jason Stephens — presumably from separate locations somewhere off-site — failing to come to any agreement on who the GOP's co-chair should be. Wed, 13 Sep 2023 20:20:13 GMT /politics-government/2023-09-13/gop-legislative-leaders-co-chair-flap-has-brought-the-ohio-redistricting-commission-to-a-standstill Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press /2023-08-14/group-files-for-amendment-to-create-citizens-panel-to-draw-ohios-statehouse-congressional-maps 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. Mon, 14 Aug 2023 20:17:56 GMT /2023-08-14/group-files-for-amendment-to-create-citizens-panel-to-draw-ohios-statehouse-congressional-maps Karen Kasler /politics-government/2022-07-19/ohio-supreme-court-strikes-down-congressional-map-currently-in-use-for-2022-election The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled the second congressional map adopted by Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission and currently in use for the 2022 election violates partisan gerrymandering prohibitions and is therefore unconstitutional. Tue, 19 Jul 2022 15:17:26 GMT /politics-government/2022-07-19/ohio-supreme-court-strikes-down-congressional-map-currently-in-use-for-2022-election WOSU News Staff, Karen Kasler, The Associated Press /politics-government/2022-05-27/opponents-of-ohio-statehouse-maps-consider-next-moves-as-federal-redistricting-intervention-looms Democratic lawmakers, voting rights groups and community organizations are looking at what options are available as the redistricting process enters a new phase. Fri, 27 May 2022 12:10:21 GMT /politics-government/2022-05-27/opponents-of-ohio-statehouse-maps-consider-next-moves-as-federal-redistricting-intervention-looms Andy Chow