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Jan 30, 2023 · In six states, 16 lawsuits led to new maps for the 2022 elections. Of all the lawsuits that challenged maps during the 2020 redistricting cycle, 16 led to a new map being used during the 2022 elections. These decisions affected maps in six states: Alaska (state House and Senate maps), Maryland (congressional map),
Jan 1, 2023 · COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The election contests of 2022 may have been held and decided, but Ohio’s political maps remain far from settled. It was supposed to be a once-per-decade process for redrawing the state’s U.S. House and Statehouse districts, in order to reflect updated population figures from the 2020 Census.
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Dec 28, 2021 · Ohio and other states were required to redraw their congressional maps to reflect results of the 2020 census, under which Ohio lost one of its current 16 districts due to lagging population. Ben Stafford, representing the NDRC, pointed to the new map’s “efficiency gap,” a measure of votes wasted because lines strongly favor one party or ...
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This section lists major events in the post-2020 census redistricting cycle in reverse chronological order. Major events include the release of apportionment data, the release of census population data, the introduction of formal map proposals, the enactment of new maps, and noteworthy court challenges. Click the dates below for additional informat...
Enacted congressional district maps
1. 1.1. See also: Congressional district maps implemented after the 2020 census Governor Mike DeWine (R) signed a new congressional map into law on November 20, 2021. The Ohio State Senate voted 24-7 to approve the map on November 16. The Ohio House of Representativesvoted 55-36 to approve the map on November 18. On January 14, 2022, the Ohio Supreme Court struck down the state's enacted congressional map and ordered the Ohio State Legislature to redraw it.On February 9, 2022, legislative lea...
Enacted state legislative district maps
1. 1.1. See also: State legislative district maps implemented after the 2020 census On September 23, 2023, the Ohio state legislature adopted new legislative maps.These maps were upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court on November 27, 2023. A federal court ruling on Ohio's legislative maps took effect on May 28, 2022, which ordered maps drawn by the Ohio Redistricting Commission in February be used for the 2022 elections and set a legislative primary date of August 2.These maps took effect for Ohio'...
Congressional redistricting procedures in Ohio
On May 8, 2018, voters in Ohio approved a constitutional amendmentestablishing new procedures for congressional redistricting. Beginning with the 2020 redistricting cycle, the following provisions were set to take effect: 1. Following completion of the United States Census, state legislators can adopt a new congressional district map if three-fifths of the legislature's total membership vote to approve, including one-half of the minority party members. This map would apply for 10 years. 2. If...
State legislative redistricting procedures in Ohio
On November 3, 2015, voters in Ohio approved a constitutional amendment to create a bipartisan state legislative redistricting commission. The commission comprises seven members: the governor, state auditor, secretary of state, one person appointed by the speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, one person appointed by the House leader of the largest political party of which the speaker is not a member, one person appointed by the President of the Ohio State Senate, and one person appoin...
Timeline
On August 2, 2021, Governor Mike DeWine (R) announced the Ohio Redistricting Commission would hold its first meeting on August 6.The commission did not meet the first legislative map completion deadline of September 1. The second and final deadline was September 15. The first congressional map deadline was September 30. Senate President Matt Huffman (R) said he did not expect the legislature to meet the congressional map deadline, saying: "I think it’s going to be – under the circumstances –...
Apportionment is the process by which representation in a legislative body is distributed among its constituents. The number of seats in the United States House of Representativesis fixed at 435. The United States Constitution dictates that districts be redrawn every 10 years to ensure equal populations between districts. Every ten years, upon comp...
This section includes background information on federal requirements for congressional redistricting, state legislative redistricting, state-based requirements, redistricting methods used in the 50 states, gerrymandering, and recent court decisions.
FiveThirtyEight, "What Redistricting Looks Like In Every State"On March 2, 2022, the Ohio Redistricting Commission approved a redrawn congressional map in a 5-2 vote along party lines, meaning the map lasted for four years. On March 18, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to overturn the map before the state's primary elections as part of the legal challenge that overturned the initial congressional map.
Nov 28, 2023 · COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The more than two-year legal battle over the maps of Ohio Statehouse districts that were crafted in response to the 2020 Census may be over.. In a 4-3 ruling late Monday, the Ohio Supreme Court cited unanimous, bipartisan passage in September of a new round of legislative maps in dismissing three long-running lawsuits brought by Democratic and voting-rights groups.
Ohio. No Republican has ever won the White House without winning Ohio. The last Democrat to win the White House without winning Ohio was John F. Kennedy in 1960. Starting with Lyndon Johnson in ...
