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1-12-2022

Ohio Supreme Court strikes down GOP partisan gerrymandering.

Democracy defenders on Wednesday cheered a
ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court that invalidated Republican-drawn state legislative district maps, which a majority of the justices found were unconstitutionally gerrymandered against
the will of the state's voters.

"The General Assembly maps entrenched a GOP supermajority and flouted clear partisan fairness requirements in the Ohio constitution."

In a 4-3 decision, the justices ordered the maps redrawn, as
the GOP-controlled Ohio Redistricting Commission failed to
"draw legislative districts that correspond with the statewide voter preference of Ohioans."

The commission now has 10 days to come up with
a new plan that is constitutional.

"Ohioans voted for fair maps," former Ohio state senator and U.S. congressional candidate Nina Turner tweeted in response to the ruling.

"I applaud the decision of the Ohio Supreme Court
to uphold the law and strike down these maps,"
she added.

"Ohio voters have demanded an end to political gerrymandering time and time again," the ACLU tweeted in response to the ruling. "Gerrymandering disproportionately affects minority voters and this decision ensures that people—especially people of color—can have a voice in our government."

"Politicians do not get to choose their voters,"
the group added. "We the voters get to choose
our politicians."

Alicia Bannon, director of the Judiciary Program at
the Brennan Center for Justice, said in a statement welcoming the ruling that "today the Ohio Supreme Court held the Ohio Redistricting Commission accountable to the constitution."

Bannon added that "the General Assembly maps entrenched a GOP supermajority and flouted clear partisan fairness requirements in the Ohio constitution—abuses that especially impacted Ohio's Black, Muslim, and immigrant communities.
The commission is now tasked with drawing replacement maps."

"We will be watching to ensure that all Ohioans get the fair representation they are due," she vowed.

The Ohio decision comes a day after a three-judge panel in North Carolina ruled that Republicans' newly drawn political districts—which will give the GOP an edge in future elections—do not violate the state's constitution. The judges asserted that "redistricting
is an inherently political process" that does "not impinge on the right to vote."

Last month, civil rights groups sued South Carolina's Republican governor, as well as state legislative and elections leaders, to challenge the state's new redistricting law.

The groups say gerrymandered state House maps intentionally discriminate against Black voters by "packing" them into the same district to minimize their power in surrounding areas and by "cracking," or splitting, communities of color to dilute their power.
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"Voters get to choose their politicians" and yet the best candidates for the job of president out of all the millions of 'Murican citizens (according to the duopoly parties) were Donny Tinyhands and Dementia Joe?

L. O. Fookin' L.
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Vitriol wrote:
"Voters get to choose their politicians" and yet the best candidates for the job of president out of all the millions of 'Murican citizens (according to the duopoly parties) were Donny Tinyhands and Dementia Joe?

L. O. Fookin' L.

Vitty you're a disgruntled America--
You should enter into politics and become
president-
and then attempt to make it all as you'd like it to be.
Problem solved, happily ever after.
What will the slogan be ??
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Temple wrote:
Vitriol wrote:
"Voters get to choose their politicians" and yet the best candidates for the job of president out of all the millions of 'Murican citizens (according to the duopoly parties) were Donny Tinyhands and Dementia Joe?

L. O. Fookin' L.

Vitty you're a disgruntled America--
You should enter into politics and become
president-  
and then attempt to make it all as you'd like it to be.
Problem solved, happily ever after.
What will the slogan be ??

"Liberty and Justice for all" might work.

"Don't tread on me" would work as well.
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