Ohio redistricting thread

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Hopefully the new map is 10-5 or better yet 9-6.

Based on the language in the order it looks like they’ll want a 9-6, if not an 8-7, map.

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So who draws the new maps in Ohio and whats the process for it?

Goes back to the legislature, then to the commission if they can't pass anything. If Democrats vote for it I believe the map's good for 10 years with no possibility of redrawing

The goal for the GOP here would be to pass a map that the court agrees with but the Dem's don't, so it is only in place for four years. However, we really don't know how possible that is, and it may not be a realistic option. The court may not approve of anything that the entire Dem caucus would disagree with on fairness grounds.

Democrats should just vote for whatever the GOP passes to lock it in for a decade.

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So much for Republican gerrymandering. But Dems getting >80% of the districts in Illinois is totally fine. Makes sense.

Republicans are free to support the Democrats' federal legislation that would ban gerrymandering nationwide if they feel aggrieved by this.