The Ohio Supreme Court struck down a fourth set of state legislative district maps Thursday, ordering the Ohio Redistricting Commission to develop and adopt an entirely new set of maps by May 6. The ruling declared the fourth set of maps invalid in its entirety. The new plan must be filed with Secretary of State Frank LaRose by 9 a.m. May 6 and filed with the court by noon the same day. Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission passed the fourth set of maps — a modified version of state legislative districts previously ruled unconstitutional by the court — after bypassing the efforts of two independent map makers it hired at a rate of $450 an hour with a cap of $49,000 for each.

Aside from claiming the process was not transparent, even with the maps provided by the two independent map makers, Ohio justices focused on toss-up districts and said they could not count to the proportionality the court required in previous rulings.

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BY J.D. DAVIDSON | THE CENTER SQUARE APRIL 14, 2022 2:32 PM

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