Ohio’s Supreme Court struck down 7 GOP gerrymanders since 2021 but couldn’t draw its own maps, so GOP now aims to kill ballot initiatives so voters can’t adopt an independent redistricting commission.
— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) October 28, 2022
Gerrymandered GOP legislatures have tried this in many states this past decade https://t.co/0nrVaXoBjt
The legislative-district maps in Ohio have been drawn so that many Republicans effectively cannot lose, all but insuring a veto-proof super-majority
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) August 14, 2022
As a result, most GOP incumbents only worry about the primaries—where hard-core partisans dominate https://t.co/xiFCvdK3G6
NEW: Senate President @matthuffman1 wants to appeal Ohio's congressional map rejection to the U.S. Supreme Court https://t.co/kcgfcPHKem via @enquirer
— Jessie Balmert (@jbalmert) August 17, 2022
including the 132 legislators who are supposed to be drawing a new congressional map by Thursday
— Katy Shanahan (@KatyAShanahan) August 17, 2022
🫠 https://t.co/9H6YjKSitX
But on a deeper level, the case of Ohio has more to say about the state of American democracy more broadly. In particular, when it comes to voting and elections, Republicans cannot be trusted to act in good faith when they stand to reap partisan gains.https://t.co/TUbGWhylPG
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) July 28, 2022
Three GOP members of the OH Sup Ct—the same 3 who keep fighting to uphold unconstitutional map—at the Trump Youngstown rally.
— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) September 20, 2022
All three are up this November.
Vote all three out by supporting @JenniferBrunner @Jamison4Justice and @vote4JudgeZayas https://t.co/yNMSSk7Oso
Sad! 