CINCINNATI (AP) — A three-judge panel in Cincinnati has denied a request by Ohio to delay a federal lawsuit that seeks the redrawing of congressional district lines ahead of the 2020 election.
Friday’s ruling says there are time concerns in deciding a lawsuit filed last May by the Ohio League of Women Voters and others because changes to the map must be completed this September.
The trial is scheduled to begin before the panel of U.S. District Court judges March 4.
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit argue the current map violates voters’ constitutional rights and has resulted in 12 predictably Republican districts and only four predictably Democratic districts in Ohio.
Ohio sought to delay the trial until after the U.S. Supreme Court decides gerrymandering cases from Maryland and North Carolina.
Ohio Fascists are worried.
I, on the other hand, laugh.
I used to live in Ohio. This is huge. Maybe we can have a fair election in this state for once. This calls for thoughts and prayers.
I still have family there. Can’t believe that we are related. But hopefully the trumpies will begin to age out of the voting population
Is ohio still tallying precinct vote reports using a microsoft access file?
Republican strategy:
Win office (even better if done illegitimately). Gerrymander and change laws/policies to suppress Democratic votes. Delay and obfuscate when inevitable lawsuits occur, while ramming through deeply unpopular policies. Oh, and feign innocence throughout the process.