Ohio Redistricting Commission

In a filing Monday, Senate President Matt Huffman and House Speaker and Ohio Redisricting Commission co-chair Bob Cupp, both Republicans, said the fourth map is not in contempt, “It is compliance.” They argued that they met every point of the high court's order.

As expected, voting advocates who have opposed the three previous sets of legislative maps have asked the Ohio Supreme Court to invalidate this fourth set.

After days of work creating new maps with out-of-state experts, Republican members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission voted to approve a tweaked version of the previous unconstitutional district map. In this week's episode of Snollygoster, host Steve Brown talks with Ohio Public Radio's Karen Kasler about the latest in the legislative map saga.

Three federal judges declined to make a decision about when the primary election for state House and Senate offices will happen – those races are off the May 3 primary ballot since there are no constitutional maps for those districts.

The Ohio Supreme Court has given members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission until Monday morning to explain why they should not be held in contempt after making minor changes to and submitting state legislative maps that were previously ruled unconstitutional by the court.

The 15 district map approved on March 2 was the second attempt at drawing a new congressional map.

The newest set of maps are tweaked versions of the maps previously ruled unconstitutional by the Ohio Supreme Court.

In a move quickly criticized by Democrats, majority Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission voted Monday to bypass the work of newly-hired independent mapmakers and approve a map that disproportionately favors Republicans.

The panel has until midnight tonight to approve a set of legislative maps to satisfy the deadline set by the Ohio Supreme Court.

Among the dozens of people who submitted maps for the Ohio Redistricting Commission is a Columbus area high school student.