The motion is requesting that a contempt hearing, which was previously postponed, be promptly conducted against four members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission, following their refusal to follow the Court orders for enacting a new legislative map
Despite our four victories in the Ohio Supreme Court striking down gerrymandered maps, nobody is happy with where we find ourselves today.
We have all witnessed the ramifications of bills and laws like these. Books removed from libraries, teachers frightened to even mention numerous topics, and students deprived of an adequate and well-rounded education. Passage of HB 327 would bring all of this and more to Ohio.
The plaintiffs charge that the Revised Plan violates Section 3 of Article XIX of the Ohio Constitution in two material ways.
The voting rights groups now request that the Court continue to stay all federal proceedings, because it is still premature to take this matter of legislative redistricting away from the Ohio Supreme Court.
Voting rights groups filed a motion to enforce with the Ohio Supreme Court, requesting that the Ohio Redistricting Commission and/or the Ohio General Assembly, enact a new Congressional map that brings Districts 1 and 15 into compliance with Article XIX of the Ohio Constitution.