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At the first meeting of the Ohio Redistricting Commission since May 2022, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine (center) swears in members Rep. Jeff LaRe (R-Violet Township), Republican Secretary of State ...
Common Cause Ohio's Catherine Turcer, who was instrumental in the campaigns to pass the amendments that put the map-drawing power in the commission’s hands, laughed when asked if she has confidence ...
It's almost time to redraw Ohio's congressional map, and Republicans hold all the power to draw more GOP districts headed ...
In drawing the state’s first congressional map, the Ohio General Assembly aimed to keep counties whole, achieve regional coherence, and have district populations reasonably close to 35,000 ...
Citizens Not Politicians want to amend the state's constitution to put ordinary people in charge of drawing congressional maps, barring politicians and lobbyists from participating.
Ohio Politics New Ohio redistricting ballot proposal would end lawmakers’ map-drawing power Updated: Aug. 23, 2023, 3:36 p.m. | Published: Aug. 14, 2023, 1:38 p.m.
The commission would need to draw maps that "correspond closely to statewide partisan preferences of the voters of Ohio." That's a change from the current system, which only requires mapmakers to ...
3,940 units of government in Ohio Like most states in the nation’s eastern half, Ohio has far more than average — 3,940 units of government. Within our 88 counties are 938 cities and villages ...