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The requests also asked that the court appoint a special master – a neutral party appointed by the court – to lead the map-drawing process. They have also asked that new maps be ordered by the end of this week. A three-judge panel of that court have said they will order that the very same map re-adopted by the commission on May 5 be pushed through as the map for the 2022 general election.
“The General Assembly did not act and there is no indication that it will ever be able to secure supermajority votes in each chamber to pass emergency legislation to set a 2022 General Assembly primary election date and associated other election deadlines for the state legislative districts,” LaRose stated.
“Accordingly, the realities of administering Ohio elections compelled the commission to resubmit the third plan,” McColley and LaRe stated in court documents.
OhioCapJournal Nobody can meaningfully engage in the electoral process with unconstitutionally gerrymandered maps.
OhioCapJournal Thank you for including the fact that they are unconstitutional maps in the headline and lede.
'Out of options'? Umm... You could have, you know, drawn another map or something. That's the option that was never intended to be optional. It's your job.
Gee this sure doesn’t look like it was the plan all along or anything nefarious at all. The court should demand to see the independent map they ordered but republicans rejected and refused to send to the court. How is that even possible?