In this Friday, Aug. 6, 2021 file photo, from left to right, Ohio House Democratic Leader Emilia Sykes, Senate President Matt Huffman, House Speaker Bob Cupp, both Republicans, and Democratic state Sen. Vernon Sykes speak to Auditor Keith Faber (back to camera) at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, ahead of the first meeting of the Ohio Redistricting Commission on which they all sit. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A top expert on the state Constitution says Ohio’s new redistricting rules, overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2015 as an anti-gerrymandering reform, clearly require state House and Senate district maps to meet political fairness criteria.
Ohio’s Republican legislative leaders, House Speaker Bob Cupp and Senate President Matt Huffman, have argued the new political standards for state legislative maps are “aspirational” – as opposed to mandatory — and can’t be legally enforced.
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