COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio Supreme Court has struck down the new Republican-drawn state legislative maps as illegal partisan gerrymanders, ordering a panel of elected officials to redraw them quickly for the May election.
In the 4-3 ruling announced Wednesday, Republican Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor joined Democratic justices in saying the maps disproportionately favored Republicans, violating Ohio’s new anti-gerrymandering rules approved by voters as a state constitutional amendment in 2015.