Here is the latest information on the redistricting process in Ohio. Please join us on Thursday, April 28 at 11:30 as we Rally for Fair Maps and Fair Elections! Зареєструватися тут.

We are also asking all those who are against gerrymandering to sign our sign-on letter and tell us why you care about fair maps. You can see the statement and sign за цим посиланням.

Карти палати та сенату Огайо

• After the Ohio Redistricting Commission approved a fourth set of Ohio House and Ohio Senate maps on 3/28/2022, the League of Women Voters, et al., подав заперечення.
• The Ohio Supreme Court збитий this fourth set of General Assembly maps on April 14. Their decision was not a big surprise since the fourth set of maps was nearly identical to the third set that had already been sent out.
• In their decision, the Court gave the Commission until May 6th to come up with a new set of maps. They also indicated that the Commission should start with the maps drawn by the independent mappers.
• On April 20, the panel of three federal judges issued a decision in the позов brought by a group of Republican activists seeking to have struck down maps reinstated by federal courts before the May 3rd primary. They officially gave the Redistricting Commission until May 28 to draw a new set of maps, but at the same time, they indicated that if the Commission did NOT approve a new set of maps, the court would adopt the third set of legislative maps—maps already struck down as unconstitutional by the Ohio Supreme Court. 
• Unfortunately, this means that even though the Ohio Supreme Court has told the Commission to create new maps by May 6, and although the panel of federal judges has told them to create new maps by May 28, the Commission is most likely to do nothing at all. They WANT to use the maps that have been struck down as unconstitutional; knowing that’s what they’ll get if they do nothing just incentivizes doing nothing.

Звинувачення у неповазі 

• Contempt charges raised by the Ohio Supreme Court were “continued”. The порядок did not set a new date for the hearing but was postponed indefinitely.
• The contempt cases brought by the LWV and the Elias group were dismissed on April 14.

Карта Конгресу

• У п’ятницю, 18 березня, Верховний суд Огайо винесено рішення заперечення спроби позивачів визнати недійсним Другий план перерозподілу в Конгресі як процесуально неналежну. Суд пояснив, що після того, як першу карту Конгресу було вилучено, він не зберіг юрисдикції над процесом складання карти. Тому проти другої карти потрібно було б подати абсолютно нову окрему скаргу. 
• 21 березня Національний фонд дій щодо перерозподілу подав заявку a new lawsuit оскаржуючи другу карту Конгресу. 
• 22 березня ACLU & LWV подали заяву додатковий позов просять виправити два конкретні округи не за 2022 рік, а за 2024 рік. 

Ще раз дякуємо за продовження боротьби за чесні райони!