The Ohio Supreme Court will be reviewing the 4th set of maps for new state legislative districts. The Ohio Redistricting Commission passed the 4th version with a 4 to 3 vote on Monday.   The likelihood of the court approving those maps is uncertain after the state's political mapmaking body created them from a previously rejected set of maps.   With approving this set of maps, the commission set aside the efforts of two independent mapmakers, whom they paid $450 dollars an hour for four days work.  Most of their work could have been watched by the public, step-by-step online.  The two map makers were brought in to create the districts that reflect state voter preferences of 54% of the district leaning Republican and 46% Democratic. The three previous maps were rejected by the Ohio Supreme Court because they say there were more districts that were republican leaning.

Two independent map makers presented their proposed district maps they created to the Ohio Redistricting Commission Sunday afternoon. The map …

The Ohio Redistricting Commission may be getting some outside help for their fourth attempt to redraw state senate and house districts. The co…