OPINION: The sad truth is that Ohioans lost, and partisanship won -- at least as far the 2022 pitched battle over General Assembly and congressional redistricting is concerned, writes Editorial Board
-- as voters essentially did via 2015 and 2018 amendments to the Ohio Constitution that left redistricting decisions in the hands of elected Republicans and Democrats -- likely doomed the reform efforts.
It’s an idea Ohio voters and those who believe in political fairness should consider -- and one O’Connor might be willing to champion once she’s out of office. This process has done damage not just to the voters’ intent, but also to the primacy of the state’s judiciary. Over the course of the last five months, elected Republicans, including Gov. Mike DeWine, have repeatedly defied or just ignored redistricting orders from a 4-3 Ohio Supreme Court majority led by O’Connor.
In any case, pending any procedural reforms, in two years the litigation circus will return to Columbus courtrooms, because Aug 2′s districts, along with congressional elections in Ohio this year, are only for this year’s elections. Why, for example, should legislators be in a position to draw their own colleagues’ districts? Moreover, in what’s supposed to be a check-and-balance government, why should executive officers be in a position to tilt the political complexion of a legislative branch?
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