Ohio Republicans Sued For Illegal Gerrymandered Map

The ACLU has sued the Republican-dominated Ohio redistricting committee for drafting a gerrymandered representation that violates the authorities constitution.

According to a connection from the ACLU arsenic provided to PoliticusUSA:

The ACLU of Ohio, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Covington & Burling LLP filed a suit contiguous successful Ohio Supreme Court challenging Ohio’s recently drawn maps for authorities House and Senate districts that springiness utmost and unfair vantage to the Republican Party.

The suit was brought connected behalf of the League of Women Voters of Ohio, the Ohio section of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, and respective individuals. This is the archetypal litigation successful the state challenging a passed statewide representation this cycle.

The Ohio Redistricting Commission — which is dominated by Republicans — approved the maps past week successful a 5-2 party-line vote, disrespecting the missive and tone of the law reforms passed overwhelmingly by Ohio voters successful 2015. The maps fastener successful Republican veto-proof supermajorities successful some chambers of the Ohio General Assembly.

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According to the lawsuit, implicit the past decade, Republicans person received betwixt 46.2% and 59.7% of the statewide vote. But the enacted representation draws 67% of the House districts and 69% of the Senate districts to favour Republicans, assuring Republican veto-proof supermajorities successful some chambers.

The Ohio Map Is Being Called Illegal, Racist, A Slap In The Face To The Voters

Ohio voters passed amendments to the authorities constitution six years agone to forestall this benignant of representation from ever being drawn. Republicans successful the authorities responded by ignoring the Constitution and drafting a representation that Andre Washington, president of the Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute said, “The gerrymandered representation that was enacted disproportionately affects number voters and number communities and prevents radical of colour from having a meaningful interaction successful Ohio politics.”

Ohio is the archetypal authorities to beryllium sued for its gerrymandered representation aft the 2020 Census. The representation is truthful egregious that Republicans should manus whites-only signs extracurricular of polling places.

There volition beryllium galore much states sued for gerrymandered maps, but fewer volition spit connected the volition of the voters arsenic Republicans person done successful Ohio.