Ohio Supreme Court Rejects GOP-Gerrymandered Congressional Maps For Third Time
The Ohio Supreme Court rejected the third effort of state House and Senate maps drawn by state Republicans in a 4-3 decision. Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, a moderate conservative, sided with the Democrats in the ruling, saying the map hindered the Democratic Party and did not reflect the state’s 54% Republican to 46% Democrat ratio. The court’s decision voiced concern that each of the three maps had been drawn solely by Republican members. “The commission should retain an independent map drawer – who answers to all commission members, not only to the Republican legislative leaders – to draf...