Ohio Supreme Court rejects statehouse maps, ending hopes of full May primary

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Jessie Balmert
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BREAKING: Ohio Supreme Court rejects state House and Senate maps, effectively ending hopes of complete May 3rd primary with legislative and statewide races

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Ohio Supreme Court rejects statehouse maps, ending hopes of full May primary
The Ohio Supreme Court rejected state House and Senate maps for the third time, effectively ending any hopes of a complete May primary.
6:43 PM · Mar 16, 2022

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/03/16/supreme-court-rejects-ohio-legislative-maps-full-may-primary-unlikely/6973505001/

The Ohio Supreme Court struck down the third set of state House and Senate maps late Wednesday, effectively ending any hope of a May 3rd primary with both legislative and statewide races.

The decision marks the third time the Ohio Supreme Court has rejected legislative maps drawn by the Ohio Redistricting Commission. Once again, Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, a Republican, was the deciding vote in a 4-3 decision.

"Resolving this self-created chaos thus depends not on the number of hands on the computer mouse but, rather, on the political will to honor the people’s call to end partisan gerrymandering," the court wrote in its decision, which did not list a specific author

By invalidating the maps, the court effectively ends any chance that Ohio will hold a primary for all statewide, legislative, congressional and local races on May 3. Election officials had been working to send ballots with the now-rejected statehouse districts to voters in the military and overseas as soon as Friday.

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[Diamond_Dog]

1. This mess is ALL ON YOU, REPUBLICANS

Even another Republican can see through the incompetence.