League of Women Voters of Ohio

The Ohio House is set to vote Thursday on a new Congressional district map that could give Republicans as many as 13 of Ohio's 15 total Congressional seats.

The maps have been blasted as gerrymandered toward Republicans, in violation of a 2015 constitutional amendment to change the map creation process.

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, host Mike Thompson discusses the maps released by the Ohio Redistricting Commission. Jen Miller, executive director for the Ohio League of Women Voters, joins the show.

The redistricting commission missed the constitutionally mandated September 1 deadline for coming up with a map for legislative districts.

Advocates for fair districts said redistricting leaders should remain focused on the goal.

Some Democrats and voting advocates worry maps will be drawn behind closed doors and rushed through the process.

A plan to put a constitutional amendment up for a Ohio-wide vote in August has been scrapped. That amendment would have extended the deadline to draw...

The U.S. Census Bureau won’t have official data ready for redistricting until this fall. But a coalition of voting rights groups are asking Gov. Mike DeWine to get the process started now to draw legislative and congressional district maps.

The 2020 election saw the highest voter turnout in more than a century and the enthusiasm of young voters played a big role in that. But young voters were last in turnout among age groups.

The 2020 election saw the highest voter turnout in more than a century and the enthusiasm of young voters played a big role in that.Turnout estimates for…