Judges Declare Ohio's Congressional Map Unconstitutional

[Ohiogal]

By DAN SEWELL, Associated Press

CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal court ruled Friday that Ohio's congressional map is unconstitutional and ordered a new one be drawn for the 2020 elections.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court in Cincinnati ruled unanimously that district boundaries were manipulated for partisan gain by Republican mapmakers and violates voters' rights to democratically select their representatives. The ruling blocks Ohio from holding another election under the current map.

The ruling is likely to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the judges ordered that the state propose a new map by June 20.

Voters' rights and Democratic groups who sued Ohio Republican officials said redistricting completed after the 2010 Census yielded a statewide map that has produced an unbending 12-4 Republican advantage in Ohio's delegation. Republicans said the map was drawn with bipartisan support. They also pointed out that a new map will be drawn anyway after the 2020 Census.

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-05-03/judges-declare-ohios-congressional-map-unconstitutional

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Thank God for our courts! (using the word "God" just like Trumpy said we are allowed to now) lol

[TEB]

1. Here is hoping Gym Jordan goes away

In next election

[Ohiogal]

2. You and me both, TEB

[NewJeffCT]

3. if fairly drawn

the state should always be fairly close 9-7, 8-8 or 7-9 for the election or two after each census since it's generally been pretty close most elections

[Dash8]

5. Actually it would probably fluctuate more.

Because if drawn fairly, there should be more competitive districts. Sometimes it would be roughly even, but in a wave elections one party might win most of the seats. A good example of this is Iowa, where the districts are drawn by independent commissions rather than the legislature itself. Last year it went from 3-1 R to 3-1 D.

[iluvtennis]

4. Happy for this news, so happy.