A new Ohio redistricting map could be ready by Thursday evening but will that change a court summons by the state’s highest court?
Republican Senate President Matt Huffman says updated legislative maps could be ready as soon as Thursday evening. But the Ohio Supreme Court has summoned members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission to a Tuesday appearance, where they face the possibility of being held in contempt for defying court orders. The group includes Republican Governor Mike DeWine, whose son, Justice Pat DeWine, has recused himself.
The political map-making panel is working to break an impasse on state legislative maps that is driving the court summons. The stalemate has jeopardized the state's May 3 primary. Both the secretary of state and the state attorney general have urged a Republican-controlled state legislature to move the date.
