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    • May 16, 2025

      • The new commission will begin work on the mapmaking process, should Issue 1 pass, by May 16, 2025. It will then make maps again every 10 years afterward.
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  2. The 2024 Ohio redistricting commission initiative is a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment, to be voted upon in the November 2024 election as Issue 1 on the ballot. If passed, the amendment would replace the existing politician-led Ohio Redistricting Commission with a citizen-led 15-member Ohio Citizen Redistricting Commission, appointed by retired judges, to redraw congressional and ...

  3. Sep 14, 2024 · The deadline to register to vote is Oct. 7 and early voting begins Oct. 8, both in-person and via mail. Election Day is Nov. 5. What is redistricting and why does it matter? Most lawmakers...

    • Jessie Balmert
    • State Government Reporter
    • What Did The Majority Say?
    • What Did The Minority Say?
    • What Did The Chief Say?

    Who wrote the majority opinion? Justice Melody Stewart, a Democrat. Who joined it? Democrats Jennifer Brunner and Michael Donnelly and Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, a Republican. What were the key points? 1. The Ohio Constitution required mapmakers to attempt to match the statewide voting preferences of voters over the past decade. That amounts t...

    Who wrote the minority opinion? Justice Sharon Kennedy, a Republican. Who joined it? Justices Patrick Fischer and Patrick DeWine, both Republicans. What were the key points? 1. The majority ignores limits on the court's authority "in favor of its own policy preferences." 2. Nothing in the Ohio Constitution supports a mandate for "proportional repre...

    O'Connor, who was the swing vote in the decision, had a message for Ohio voters: You can go back to the ballot to change the process again. Voters approved the current process in 2015. At the time, advocates said the new system would foster bipartisanship and compromise. O'Connor said Ohio Redistricting Commission, comprised of three statewide elec...

  4. Jan 1, 2023 · The Ohio Redistricting Commission will have to come back together and make new, constitutionally compliant maps in time for 2024 elections. The state constitution says that process can’t begin before July 1 of this year.

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    • Government And Politics Reporter
  5. Sep 4, 2024 · In March 2022, the Ohio Redistricting Commission was running six months behind schedule to produce state legislative maps. The Ohio Supreme Court previously ruled that three sets of maps drawn by the politician-run commission were unconstitutional.

  6. A new set of Ohio House and Ohio Senate districts was unanimously approved by the Ohio Redistricting Commission last month. That plan remains in limbo, after being challenged Oct. 5 as part of the ongoing lawsuit over Statehouse districts.

  7. Oct 23, 2024 · The statewide ballot measure aims to replace Ohio‘s current redistricting commission, which is made up of elected officials, with a group of panelists who aren’t politicians or lobbyists.

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