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  • Ohio Supreme Court strikes down new Republican-drawn congressional map as illegal gerrymander

    01/14/2022 10:25:09 AM PST · by Jim from C-Town · 20 replies
    The Cleveland Plain Dealer ^ | 01/14/2022 | By Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland.com and Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland.com
    COLUMBUS, Ohio -- For the second time this week, the Ohio Supreme Court has thrown out a Republican-drawn political map as an illegal gerrymander. In a 4-3 decision on Friday, the Ohio Supreme Court ordered state lawmakers to draw a new congressional map, saying the one signed by Gov. Mike DeWine in November violates the state’s new anti-gerrymandering rules, approved by voters in 2018. Justices sided with voting-rights groups and a group led by former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder who had sued, saying the map disproportionately favored Republicans while “unduly” splitting three Democratic counties -- Hamilton, Summit and Cuyahoga...