Ohio Redistricting Commission set to restart debate on statehouse maps next month

Jessie Balmert, Columbus Dispatch
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The Ohio Redistricting Commission met on May 5, just hours before a Supreme Court deadline to produce new sets of state House and Senate maps.
The Ohio Redistricting Commission met on May 5, just hours before a Supreme Court deadline to produce new sets of state House and Senate maps.
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The Ohio Redistricting Commission will start work on new House and Senate maps on Sept. 13.

The seven-member commission must redraw districts after the Ohio Supreme Court repeatedly found maps used in 2022 elections violated voter-approved changes to curb gerrymandering.

The commission includes three statewide Republicans − Gov. Mike DeWine, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, Ohio Auditor Keith Faber − and two Republican lawmakers and two Democratic lawmakers.

This marks the first time the group has met since May 2022. The meeting is set for 10 a.m. on Sept. 13 at the Ohio Statehouse.

This commission is not tasked with drawing a new congressional map at this point. The Ohio Supreme Court asked attorneys on both sides of the redistricting debate to explain the impact of a North Carolina case on Ohio's map.

Jessie Balmert is a reporter for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, which serves the Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal and 18 other affiliated news organizations across Ohio.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Ohio Redistricting Commission returns to work on statehouse maps