Ohio Redistricting Commission reconvenes, eyes Saturday court deadline to redraw state legislative maps

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The Ohio Redistricting Commission met at the Ohio Statehouse on Tuesday as it works toward approving new state legislative maps before this weekend. The commission reconvened after the Ohio Supreme Court rejected maps Republicans had approved last September. (Laura Hancock, cleveland.com)Laura Hancock, cleveland.com

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Redistricting Commission met Tuesday to publicly lay out the ground rules it will follow ahead of a Saturday deadline set by a court order commanding the commission to draw more politically representative state legislative maps.

Gov. Mike DeWine convened the meeting of the seven-member commission, the first step toward eventually approving a new set of maps. The meeting follows a 4-3 Wednesday decision from the Ohio Supreme Court that rejected the last set of maps approved by commission Republicans as unconstitutional under Ohio’s new anti-gerrymandering rules.

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