The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday granted the dismissal of two legal challenges to the map the court previously deemed to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered in favor of Republicans.

The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday granted the dismissal of two legal challenges to the map the court previously deemed to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered in favor of Republicans.

The plaintiffs in the lawsuits, which include the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, the League of Women Voters of Ohio, and the A. Philip Randolph Institute of Ohio, had sought the dismissal of their own cases, saying they don’t want voters to be in limbo ahead of the 2024 election.

Some additional context from an earlier AP News article:

The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Ohio and others, told the Ohio Supreme Court that they are willing to live with the U.S. House map approved March 2, 2022, and used in last year’s elections, “(i)n lieu of the continued turmoil brought about by cycles of redrawn maps and ensuing litigation.”

Democrats netted wins under that map — securing five of 15 U.S. House seats, compared to the four of 16 they had held previously.

The dismissal request also comes as advocates prepare a redistricting reform amendment for Ohio’s 2024 ballot. After an initial rejection, the group Citizens Not Politicians resubmitted their petition language Tuesday.

    • Endorkend@kbin.social
      33·
      1 year ago

      Because there’s no longer the threat of gallows and guillotines. But in the United States of Capitalism, pretending there’s ultimate freedom is what’s needed to keep the racket going.

    • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      1 year ago

      The appearance of legitimacy. Even in Russia they’re still holding elections, while blatantly stuffing ballots on camera and jailing opposition candidates, but for whatever reason, they still continue with the sham of the elections because it makes it more “official”. I kind of scratch my head at it too, it’s like, “None of this is real, why are you even bothering with the charade?” I guess just having a smidge of a process gives true believers something to point to, no matter how small, something that justifies the whole thing.

  • Delusional@lemmy.world
    39·
    1 year ago

    Oh hey look! Blatant misuse of terrible laws by republicans in order to steal elections and they’ve been doing it for decades.

    Shall we fix this major obviously ridiculous issue? Nah. Let them abuse broken laws for their own gain and America’s downfall.

  • InLikeClint@kbin.social
    281·
    1 year ago

    Twenty two people were born in Ohio. All of them became astronauts. Only one didn’t have any space flights. That means from the moment they were born, they did everything in their power to get as far away from Ohio as they possibly could. Even going as far as leaving the planet. Ohio sucks.

    • 4xdegrees
      9·
      1 year ago

      This is always my go-to fact about Ohio, but I usually go with “Ohio has the most astronauts because anyone there with sense will try to get away as far as humanly possible.”

    • Xhieron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      1 year ago

      Somebody feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, but reading between the lines here, it looks like the Ohio Supreme Court is majority Republican, and the risk of maintaining the litigation would be that the Court install a map that’s even worse since the swing vote retired (at least according to the linked AP article). If this view is correct, it means this isn’t giving in so much as conceding that the status quo is as good as it gets.

  • markr@lemmy.world
    171·
    1 year ago

    The republic ceased to be a functioning democracy when the Republican Party refused to denounce Trump’s failed coup. That was the end. This is the postscript.

    • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Republicans: “We’ve reviewed your request for technical support and have found the system to be working as intended. This ticket has been closed.”