GOP, bipartisan map and Ohio House of Representatives
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Congressional redistricting is underway in Ohio again, but many of its one-time supporters say it isn't working as intended.
Because the General Assembly didn’t adopt a congressional district map before the end of September, the state constitution dictates the next deadline is Oct. 31. That deadline lies with the ORC, who have until then to hold public meetings and come up with a map that has bipartisan support.
But the Ohio Redistricting Commission might not have a Republican map to consider at its first meeting this month.
The GOP-controlled Ohio legislature has officially missed the first of three opportunities the state has to pass a congressional redistricting plan before the end of November, as mandated by the Ohio Constitution.
One month into a three-month process, statehouse Republicans hold all the cards in drawing new congressional district maps for Ohio.
Ohio lawmakers missed their redistricting deadline, pushing the process to the Ohio Redistricting Commission with an Oct. 31 goal.
Ohio lawmakers will meet Tuesday morning to work on a new congressional map for the state. Lawmakers are meeting on deadline day for them to approve a bipartisan map, but Republicans and Democrats still appear to be far apart on what a fair map looks like.
State lawmakers will miss the first benchmark for Congressional redistricting, meaning the Ohio Redistricting Commission must reconvene, facing an Oct. 30 deadline.
Despite relatively little investment from Washington, Missouri and Ohio Democrats are looking to block new Republican-drawn maps through uncertain avenues.
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