The GOP victory came by way of a federal court ruling by judges who said they felt obligated to approve a map to ensure Ohio could hold its elections, even if that map was one the state Supreme Court had declared unconstitutional.
after the state's top court effectively threw up its hands in an attempt to enforce new redistricting rules.
“Ohioans thought that they were clearly cementing rules into the Ohio Constitution and the Ohio Redistricting Commission would follow those rules, create bipartisan transparent maps, so that we could participate in fair and meaningful elections. And that didn’t happen," said Catherine Turcer, a decades-long advocate for redistricting reform and executive director of the good government group Common Cause Ohio.
The Ohio Supreme Court spent months invalidating maps advanced by the GOP-led state redistricting commission and pressuring panel members to draw fair maps. But in the end the high court it lacked the power to implement maps itself, as the federal court did. The legal challenges to the Ohio Redistricting Commission are ongoing and the panel is under a court order to draw new maps — for use in 2024 and beyond — by June 3. But it's unclear if the commission can be forced to do things differently next time.
Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, said the map was"the only viable option, the only viable option to effectively administer a primary election on August 2."
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